Miss Lillian Carter

 

Yesterday on Jimmy Carter’s 100^th Birthday we watched on Public TV a special named something like MISS LILLIAN, which a Miss Lillian lookalike told in first person of her experiences, quotes, shooting from the hip, and so on.  The actor looked so much like Miss Lillian she would remind us it wasn’t really her by starting off a sentence like “After I died ….” a couple of times.

It was great, see it if you can find it on  educational  TV.

It reminded me of November 1976, when Jimmy Carter was elected President.  We drove to Plains, Georgia, to take pictures.  Miss Lillian was very much available in and near the train depot.  She was very graceful and only lost her cool when a lady tried to hug her.  Afterall, she was a nurse and knew about germs and hugging.

The pictures I took in Plaines ended up in the book  JIMMY CARTER IN PLAINS, THE PRESIDENTIAL HOMETOWN by Roberr Bucellato.  Here some of Miss Lillian that are  in the book: