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Nov 19, 2023 · Jimmy and Rosalynn's third son, Donnel Jeffrey "Jeff" Carter, was born in New London, Connecticut, on Aug. 18, 1952. The couple's one and only daughter, Amy Lynn Carter, was born on Oct. 19, 1967 ...
Nov 19, 2023 · Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has passed away at age 96. ... and third son Donnel Jeffrey "Jeff" Carter with his wife ... (b. 1991), and were together ...
Nov 19, 2023 · Then it was onto San Diego, Calif., then back to New London—where son Donnel Jeffrey "Jeff" Carter was born Aug. 18, 1952—and then they moved to Schenectady, N.Y., so Jimmy could study nuclear ...
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Born in 1924—the first president to be born in a hospital—James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. was the eldest of James and Bessie “Lillian” Carter’s four children. James was a successful local businessman, and Lillian worked long hours as a nurse. The Carters raised their family in and around Plains, Georgia, a small town of approximately 600 people at th...
Although Rosalynn had known Jimmy all her life, it wasn’t until 1945 that romance blossomed. She was a freshman at Georgia Southwestern College, nearby their hometown. Jimmy, following stints at that same school and the Georgia Institute of Technology, had fulfilled his dream and was entering his final year at Annapolis. The town was proud of their...
Shortly after their wedding, the Carters moved to Norfolk, Virginia, for Jimmy’s first naval assignment, where Rosalynn gave birth to the first of their four children. Subsequent deployments took the family to Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, before they put down roots in New York. Rosalynn adapted easily to the f...
Now settled in Georgia, the couple became involved in the civic and religious communities, with Jimmy teaching Sunday School at a local Baptist Church (a role he continued until 2019). In 1962, he won a seat in the Georgia State Senate, and following an unsuccessful run for Congress, set his sights on the governorship in 1970. Overcoming her shy na...
Carter’s 1980 reelection defeat was devastating to both Jimmy and Rosalynn. They returned home to Georgia to the modest two-bedroom ranch house in Plains where they’d lived before Carter had scaled the political heights. The couple continued to champion their causes and humanitarian efforts, through both the Carter Center and their work with Habita...
Nov 19, 2023 · Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles as his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter (not pictured) speaks during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary in Plains, Georgia, U ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Jeff's oldest son, Joshua Jeffery Carter, hosts a podcast called "Unchanging Principles," a reference to a line from Jimmy's inaugural address. Jeff's youngest, James "Jamie" Carlton Carter, married his longtime girlfriend Anna in a backyard pandemic wedding in October 2021, then held a larger ceremony a year later at the Carter Center ...
Nov 20, 2023 · Advertisement. Jimmy Carter was 3 years old and Rosalynn Smith was a baby when they met for the first time. They were the longest-wed presidential couple in history, married for 77 years until ...
