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Survivor signs welcome Jimmy Carter home in Plains

August 20, 2015 Plains, Ga: State Sen. Freddie Powell Sims (D-Dawson) places "Jimmy Carter for Cancer Survivor" signs along the road leading into Plains on Thursday afternoon August 20, 2015 in advance of the President's return to his hometown. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

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August 20, 2015 Plains, Ga: State Sen. Freddie Powell Sims (D-Dawson) places "Jimmy Carter for Cancer Survivor" signs along the road leading into Plains on Thursday afternoon August 20, 2015 in advance of the President's return to his hometown. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com
By Christopher Quinn
Aug 20, 2015

Friends in Plains had the signs printed, inspired by a Mike Luckovich cartoon in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Carter announced Thursday he is suffering from melanoma that has spread to small lesions in his brain.

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