RIP Jimmy Carter. Citizen, Patriot, Peacemaker, Visionary, Christian.

Send us Fan MailJane and I were on our way from Mobile (where her family had originated) to Andersonville,  the terrible Confederate prison camp where both of us had lost relatives.  She realized that we would be very close to Plains.  Not only that, Jimmy would be teaching Sunday School that day.  We went to that service and watched a Baptist Deacon teach a lesson on the diseased woman that Jesus cured.  There were a couple of hundred people in the audience but our teacher used a traditional discussion format and managed to connect with each of us. When Jimmy was sent home from the hospital a year or so ago, and turned over to the care of hospice nurses, I wrote this tribute. Over the years Jane and I have read or listened to most of Jimmy's books.  The one that stands out is his childhood memoir, An Hour Before Daylight.  Do yourself a favor and get an audio version of that book.  It is unique.