JamesEarlCarterSr. was an American politician and businessman who represented Sumter County in the Georgia House of Representatives from , until his death on . JamesEarlCarter, Sr. was a businessman and politician who represented Sumter County in the Georgia House of Representatives from January 1953 until his death in July that same year. He was the father of the 39th president of the United States, JamesEarl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. JamesEarlCarter, Sr., and his family moved into this farmhouse in 1928. The house was heated by fireplaces or wood stoves and did not have running water or electricity until 1938. The Carter family lived in this house until 1949. She died of pancreatic cancer, the same disease that killed her father JamesEarlCarterSr, her sister Ruth Carter Stapleton and her brother Billy Carter. She was the last of President Carter's siblings and she was a Motorcyclist and Activist. Jimmy Carter was born JamesEarlCarter, Jr. on in Plains, Georgia. Plains is a small town located in the southwest part of the state. His father, JamesEarlCarterSr., was a peanut farmer and his mother, Lillian Gordy Carter, was a registered nurse. Carter, who has rarely used his full name-JamesEarlCarter, Jr.-was born , in Plains, Georgia. Peanut farming, talk of politics, and devotion to the Baptist faith were mainstays of his upbringing. His father, JamesEarlCarter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman... Relatives: Son of William Alton Carter and Annie Laurie (Gay) Carter; married to Ruth Godwin; first cousin of JamesEarlCarter Jr.. Political family: Carter family of Plains, Georgia. JamesEarlCarter Jr. was born in Plains, Georgia on . His father, JamesEarlCarterSr was a successful businessman and investor in farmland. His mother, Bessie Lilian worked as a nurse at the Wise Sanitarium, where Carter was born. After going through Plains, the procession stopped in front of Carter's family farm and boyhood home in Archery, just outside the town, after passing the cemetery where the former president's parents, JamesEarlCarterSr. and Lillian Carter, are buried. But when JamesEarlCarterSr. became sick and died in 1953, his son cut short his Navy career and decided the family would return to rural Georgia. The former president has written that in retrospect he finds it inconceivable not to discuss such a life-changing decision with his wife... President Carter served as President from 1977-1981, establishing the Camp David Accords and signing the SALT II nuclear arms reduction Treaty. President Carter became an early leader in addressing the climate crisis and created the Department of Education; and. Born on , in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter grew up in a modest, rural environment. His father, JamesEarlCarterSr., was a successful farmer, while his mother, Lillian Carter, was a nurse known for her commitment to equality and public service. Jimmy and Rosalynn married soon after he graduated. They left Plains with no intention of returning other than as visitors. But in 1953, JamesEarlCarterSr. died, leaving behind the family’s farming and warehouse enterprise. When Story was a young boy, according to Wade, his family lived and worked in Plains on land owned by Carter's father, JamesEarlCarterSr. Jimmy Carter, 98, has been under hospice care at his home in Plains since February.
