Lillian Gordy Carter former president was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, at the age of 90. In 2010, he had a severe stomach ache which was mistaken as that disease. He has been a fund-raiser and booster for research into a cure for the disease. In 2001, a major nursing center was dedicated in her honor in Plains by Jimmy Carter in recognition of her first years of service to the community as a nurse. In 2011 she was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement. Lillian Gordy Carter Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter (August 15, 1898 – October 30, 1983) was the mother
Lillian Gordy Carter book was a collection of letters to her family sent when she was in India for the Peace Corps. "Miss Lillian" was a favorite of the press for her Southern charm and down-to-earth manner. For reporters and interrogators alike, she always had a warm country sass response for every question. One biographer recalls a story about an encounter between Carter and a reporter from New York who flew down to Plains to meet her during her son's 1976 campaign to become the U.S. president: "Miss Lillian greeted her, and said 'Welcome to Plains! It's so nice to see you! Would