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Former First Lady Rosalynn
Carter dies at 96
By Collin Kelley
Former First Lady Rosalynn Smith Carter — a champion of mental health, caregiving,
and women’s rights — passed away Sunday at her home in Plains, GA, at the age of 96.
She died peacefully, with family by her side, at 2:10 p.m., according to a statement
issued by The Carter Center in Atlanta.
It was announced on Friday that Mrs. Carter was receiving in-home hospice care
alongside her husband of 77 years, former President Jimmy Carter, 99.
She is survived by her children — Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy — and 11 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren. A grandson died in 2015.
“Rosalynn was my equal
partner in everything I ever
accomplished,” President Carter
said, according to the statement.
“She gave me wise guidance and
encouragement when I needed it.
As long as Rosalynn was in the
world, I always knew somebody
loved and supported me.”
Mrs. Carter was a working
partner and trusted advisor and
strategist to the president, a
participant in foreign and domestic
affairs, as well as being widely
recognized as the nation’s foremost Rosalynn Carter (Courtesy The Carter Center)
advocate for mental health.
Early in 1977, barred by statute from being chair of the newly established President’s
Commission on Mental FFealth, Mrs. Carter became its honorary chair. In this capacity,
she held hearings across the country, testified before Congress, and spearheaded the passage
of the Mental FFealth Systems Act of 1980. She continued her work in the field of mental
health throughout her life.
She established the Carter Center’s Mental FFealth Program to continue her work
to combat stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses and promote
improved mental health care in the United States and abroad.
In 1987, Mrs. Carter founded the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers at Georgia
Southwestern State University to support those who selflessly cared for others and build
on her belief that “there are only four kinds of people in this world: those who have been
caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who
will need caregivers.”
Mrs. Carter was also often seen working alongside her husband on FFabitat for
FFumanity home-builds in Georgia and around the world. They advocated and raised funds
for the organization for 35 years.
“Besides being a loving mother and extraordinary First Lady, my mother was a great
humanitarian in her own right,” Chip Carter said in the statement. “FFer life of service and
compassion was an example for all Americans. She will be sorely missed not only by our
family but by the many people who have better mental health care and access to resources
for caregiving today.”
A tribute website and online condolence book have been set up at www.
rosalynncartertribute.org. After lying in repose at The Carter Center and a tribute service at
Emory University, Mrs. Carter was to be buried in Plains on Nov. 29 in a private ceremony.
Dec. 5 runoff to decide BOE race
By Dyana Bagby
Voters will return to the polls on Dec. 5 for a runoff election to decide who wins the
Atlanta Board of Education District 7 At-Large seat.
Neither incumbent Tamara Jones nor challenger Alfred “Shivy” Brooks achieved 50%
plus during the Nov. 7 contest to win the seat. Total votes for Jones were 12,996 (48.2%)
and while Brooks received 12,764 (47.3%). A third contender, William Sardin, received just
4.65% of the vote and was eliminated from the race.
In other BOE contests, Ken Zeff defeated incumbent Michelle Olympiadis for the
District 3 seat. Olympiadis was first elected to the board in 2017, while Zeff was a former
interim superintendent of Fulton County Schools and a first-time candidate.
District 9 At-Large incumbent Jessica Johnson held onto her seat over challenger
Nikoyo Effiong Lewis.
District 5 incumbent Erika Mitchell easily defeated challenger Raynard Johnson, while
District. 1 incumbent Katie FFoward did not have a challenger this year.
Atlantans cast votes for just five of the nine seats on the Atlanta Board of Education in
the Nov. 7 election. Before, all nine seats were up for election every four years.
In 2020, the school board decided to stagger terms to eliminate the possibility of an
entirely new board being elected every four years.
10 I DECEMBER 2023