James Earl Carter Sr. and Lillian Carter, are buried. The farm is now part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. The National Park Service rang the old farm bell 39 times to honor the 39th ...

As the firstborn of four siblings in an agricultural family, he observed his father, James Earl Carter Sr. , succeed in peanut farming and business, while his mother, Lillian Gordy Carter ...

James Carter Sr., died. After his father’s death, Carter left the service and was honorably discharged so he could manage his family’s peanut farm business in Plains. He remained in the Navy ...

James Earl Carter Sr. and Lillian Carter, are buried. The farm now is part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. The National Park Service rang the old farm bell 39 times to honor the 39th ...

James Earl Carter Sr. and Lillian Carter, are buried. The farm now is part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. The National Park Service will ring the old farm bell 39 times to honor the ...

Beside the house, there remains the tennis court that Carter's father, James Earl Carter Sr., built for the family — a nod to the blend of privilege and hard rural life that defined the future ...

The oldest of four children born to Lillian Gordy Carter and James Earl Carter Sr., the 39th president — the oldest living one in American history — has survived both of his parents and each ...

to James Earl Carter Sr. (a businessman and farmer) and Lillian Gordy Carter (a nurse), according to The Carter Center. He grew up in the nearby community, Archery, and received his primary ...

with boyhood farm scenes and portraits of influential figures like his father James Earl Carter Sr., whose death in 1953 led him to abandon a Navy career and eventually enter politics in Georgia.

Expressions of condolences and tributes are being offered following the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100. President-elect Donald Trump conveyed his respects, stating: "I ...