Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center The Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center, formerly known as the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia, was a hospital. Currently, it is a nursing care facility, but was the birthplace of former United States President James Earl Carter Jr., who was born there on October 1, 1924 when his mother was working there as a registered nurse. Originally built in 1921 by Doctors Samuel, Thaddeus and Bowman Wise, children of early Plains settlers Dr. Burr T. Wise and Laura Addy Wise, the 60-bed sanitarium was one of the first small hospitals in Georgia to be recognized
Lillian M. Bradshaw opened in February 1989. Bradshaw died on Tuesday February 9, 2010 of natural causes in Dallas. She was 95. Lillian M. Bradshaw Lillian Moore Bradshaw (January 10, 1915 – February 9, 2010) was a prominent librarian and leader in the profession. She served as director of the Dallas Public Library from 1962 to 1984 and as president of the American Library Association from 1980 to 1971. Born Lillian Moore in Hagerstown, Maryland, she grew up in Frederick, Maryland. She was the first in her family to attend college and graduated from Western Maryland College in Westminster, Maryland with her bachelor's