Jimmy Carter’s family includes many grandchildren, great-grandchildren











Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn are survived by their children Jack, Chip, Jeff and Amy; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith married Jimmy Carter on July 7, 1946, after he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. They were married for more than 77 years.
John William “Jack” Carter was born in Portsmouth, Va., in July 1947. James Earl “Chip” Carter III followed in April 1950, born in Honolulu. Donnel Jeffrey “Jeff” Carter was born in August 1952, in New London, Conn. Amy, perhaps the best known of the Carter children because she lived in the White House, was born in Plains in October 1967.
Mrs. Carter’s extended family includes grandson Jason Carter, a former Georgia state senator who chairs the board of trustees at the Carter Center in Atlanta.
Niece Kim Carter Fuller, the daughter of the late Billy Carter, has served in a visible role for the family. She is director of Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, an organization that provides support for the city of Plains and the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. Fuller also has taken on the role of teaching Sunday school at the Carter family Church, Maranatha Baptist. That role was filled for years by President Carter, until he stepped aside for health reasons in 2019.
Jimmy Carter, born Oct. 1, 1924, is the eldest of Lillian and James Earl Carter’s four children. James Earl Carter Sr. died in 1953 and Lillian Carter in 1983. He had two sisters, Ruth Carter Stapleton and Gloria Spann; and a brother, Billy.
Jimmy Carter: The life and legacy of the 39th president
Read: The life story of the man from Plains
Where it all started: Plains, Georgia. The South Georgia hometown of Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, located in Sumter County along US 280, became a world fascination when Jimmy Carter became the first and only Georgian ever elected to the White House.
Carter’s legacy: Jimmy Carter’s greatest accomplishment wasn’t being president of the United States. It was what he did afterward. A curious late-night dream sparked the idea of the Carter Center, where he and his team, continued his mission toward world peace and global health.
Read this list of some of Carter’s biggest accomplishments and reflections from a former aide.
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter: Rosalynn Carter said she thinks she fell in love first with a photograph. Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter went on to be the longest married couple in presidential history — married for more than 77 years until her death in November 2023.
Condolences: Read and sign the online guestbook at the Carter Center

