Jimmy Carter's life in photos
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Jimmy Carter and longtime friend Willie Nelson in the 1980s. Photo: Thomas S. England/Getty Images
Nearly a century ago, Jimmy Carter was just a boy with a horse named Lady, living his best life in rural Georgia.
The latest: On Sunday, the Carter Center announced that the nation's longest-living president had died.
- He celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1 after entering hospice care in February 2023.
- It's been just over a year since his wife of almost eight decades, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, died.
The big picture: Jimmy Carter went on to join the U.S. Navy, serve in the state Capitol, live in the Georgia governor's mansion and White House, and travel the world.
- After leaving the White House, the couple founded the Atlanta-based nonprofit Carter Center to carry on their work of "waging peace, fighting disease and building hope."
- But as with many great life arcs, Carter wound up where he started back in Plains, teaching Sunday school at his hometown Baptist church until just a few years ago.
Details: Take a quick stroll through Carter's life in photos below, then open the links that follow for more extensive photo galleries from our fellow Cox Enterprises-owned publication, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Around 1928 — Jimmy Carter, the farm boy
1937 — The older brother
1946 — The naval officer
1970 — The Georgia governor
1974 — The sports fan
1976 — The Democratic nominee
1979 — The 39th president
1994 — The peacekeeper
1998 — The Habitat worker
2007 — The humanitarian
2014 — The Sunday school teacher
📸 Go deeper with the AJC: Carter through the years ... Jimmy and Rosalynn ... Early years ... Early political career ... Carter's presidency ... Habitat work ... and more.
Editor's note: This story was originally published on Oct. 1, 2024.
