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James Earl Carter, 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, James Earl Jimmy Carter Jr.
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Nov 26, 2023 · Find A Grave: Memorial #3375: accessed 07 November 2020), memorial page for James Earl Carter Sr. (12 Sep 1894–22 Jul 1953), citing Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, Sumter County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520) .
- Male
- September 12, 1894
- Bessie Lillian (Gordy) Carter
- July 22, 1953
When James Earl Carter Sr was born on 12 September 1894, in Arlington, Calhoun, Georgia, United States, his father, William Archibald Carter, was 35 and his mother, Nina Pratt, was 30. He married Bessie Lillian Gordy on 27 September 1923, in Sumter, Sumter, Georgia, United States.
James Earl Carter, Sr. was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1953, as a Democrat, and served briefly representing Sumter County until his death later that year He died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 58.
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James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894-1953) — also known as J. Earl Carter — of Plains, Sumter County, Ga. Born September 12, 1894. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; grocer ; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1953; died in office 1953.
James Earl Carter, Sr. was a Georgia businessman, farmer, and legislator from Plains, Georgia. He was the father of former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, William Alton "Billy" Carter, Gloria Carter Spann, and Ruth Carter Stapleton.
