After brain surgery, Jimmy Carter returns to hometown church

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter publicly appeared Sunday at the Georgia church where he worships for the first time since undergoing brain surgery in November.

The 95-year-old Carter and his wife of more than 70 years, Rosalynn, attended services at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday, news outlets reported. Parishioners also prayed for the Carters, who were nestled into front-row seats at the church where Carter famously has taught Sunday school.

The nation’s oldest-ever ex-president underwent surgery last month at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall.

Carter has faced several health issues in recent years. Earlier this month, he was treated at a hospital for a urinary tract infection. In October, he was hospitalized for a fall that fractured his pelvis and another fall in which he hit his head and required 14 stitches. A previous fall required he get hip surgery. In 2015, he was diagnosed with melanoma. After having parts of his liver removed and undergoing radiation, immunotherapy and treatment for brain lesions, he announced that he was cancer-free.



FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Carter publicly appeared at his Georgia church for the first time since undergoing brain surgery in November. The 95-year-old Carter and his wife of 40 years, Rosalynn, worshiped at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Sunday, Dec. 29, news outlets report. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)


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[Roy Rolling]

1. No Better Example

This is what “pro-life” looks like.

He hasn’t stopped serving others during his entire 95 years.

[Botany]

2. I hope he lives to see Trump removed from office.

Carter came right out and has said that Trump was installed by Russia and any decent investigation
into the 2016 election would show just that.


In 1978 Carter installed primitive solar panels on the White House roof. One of the 1st things that Reagan
did was to take them down. One can only wonder if we had stayed the course with green energy where
would be now? How many billions of tons of carbon wouldn't have been put up into the atmosphere, how
far advanced we would be in solar and other green energies, and how many really good American jobs
would have been created.

[NurseJackie]

3. God bless Jimmy Carter. I love him so much.

[lark]

4. Best, most giving, person to ever be president of our country.

President Obama is a very good man, but he hasn't given back to needy Americans the way Carter has. I truly think Carter is a saint, in the best meaning of the word.

[2naSalit]

5. Glad he's back at it...

he gives hope to so many.

[lastlib]

6. The Iron-Man of Presidents!

Mr. President, may you live to see our land restored to the values you esteem, sir!

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[Bayard]

7. I worry about him....

But he seems to keep plugging along.

He is well-loved.

[BigmanPigman]

8. That is great news hearing that something good is

happening to a truly good person. Karma!

When I turned 18 he got my vote, my very first vote. I was rewarded with 12 years of GOP rule which we are still suffering the consequences of.