Important Takeaways:

• Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, passed away Sunday at age 100.
• When he took the oath of office in 1977, James Earl Carter Jr. brought a breath of fresh air to Washington. The only Georgian to occupy the White House, Carter helped the nation recover from a government plagued by scandal. But his single term also suffered from a sick economy and serious foreign policy threats.
• A Southern Baptist Sunday school teacher and peanut farmer, the Georgia governor came from nowhere in 1976 to defeat President Gerald Ford. On Inauguration Day, when he shunned a limo and walked to the White House with his wife Rosalynn, it felt like times had really changed.
• Almost overnight, scandal-weary Americans could put Watergate and the Nixon-Ford years behind them.
• After leaving the White House, the former president drew admiration for his charity work with Habitat for Humanity. He told CBN’s Gordon Robertson it was his way of putting his faith in action.
• The 39th president was happily married to his wife Rosalynn for more than seven decades. Before she passed away on November 19, 2023, she was always at his side. In 2018, the couple had joined four other living presidents to say farewell to President George H.W. Bush who was born the same year as Carter.
• Two years prior, Carter announced he had melanoma that had spread to his brain and liver. But just months later, after surgery, radiation, and immunotherapy treatments, he announced he was cancer-free.
• “A lot of people prayed for me and I appreciate that,” he said.
• He handled his battle with cancer with grace and thankfulness, leaning heavily on his faith. “I think I have been as blessed as any human being in the world,” he said.

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