Lillian Gordy Carter Lillian Gordy Carter Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter (August 15, 1898 – October 30, 1983) was the mother of former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. She was also known for her contributions to nursing in her home state of Georgia and as a Peace Corps volunteer in India as well as writing two books during the Carter presidency. Carter was born Bessie Lillian Gordy on August 15, 1898 in Richland, Georgia, to James Jackson Gordy (1863–1948) and Mary Ida Nicholson Gordy (1871–1951). She was the niece of Berry Gordy, Sr., who was the paternal half-brother of James Jackson Gordy
USS Lillian II (SP-38) USS Lillian II (SP-38) USS "Lillian II" (SP-38) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel in 1917. "Lillian II" was built in 1909 by Willard Downes at Bayshore, New York, as a private motorboat of the same name. The U.S. Navy acquired "Lillian II" from her owner, S. F. Rothschild of Bayshore, under a bare-boat charter on 6 June 1917 for World War I service. She was enrolled in the Coast Defense Reserve on 8 June 1917, delivered to the Navy on 16 June 1917, and commissioned as USS "Lillian II" (SP-38)