Lillian Gordy Carter Nursing in honor of the work she did in India. The Atlanta Regional Office of the Peace Corps has named an award in her honor for volunteers over 50 who make the biggest contribution. When Jimmy Carter decided to run for president, his mother was one of the first people he told. He was initially regarded as a dark horse candidate for the Democratic Party nomination. Lillian Carter was well known as "Miss Lillian" and she published two books during his Presidency, "Miss Lillian and Friends" and "Away from Home: Letters to my Family", both published in 1977. The latter
Lillian Offitt reported performance was in 1974, in St. Joseph, Michigan. Offitt has continued to live in Chicago, working outside the music business. Lillian Offitt Lillian Offitt (born November 4, 1937) is an American former blues and R&B singer. Born in Gallatin, Tennessee, she studied at Tennessee State University, and visited the offices of Nashboro Records in the hope of making a gospel record. The label owner, Ernie Young, suggested she record secular music, and her first record, "Miss You So", was issued on its subsidiary Excello label in 1957. It rose to number 8 on the "Billboard" R&B chart, and she