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'He sounds like us': North Carolinians recall Jimmy Carter's intelligence, faith, humility
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'He sounds like us': North Carolinians recall Jimmy Carter's intelligence, faith, humility
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GREENSBORO — When former President Jimmy Carter announced he had cancer in 2015, Kari Baumann was among people from around the country to flock to Carter’s Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.
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Kari Baumann of Greensboro with Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter at their Plains, Ga. church. Baumann said she was most impressed by the former president’s humility.
Courtesy Kari Baumann
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Former President Jimmy Carter talks to the media during a press conference at Elon College’s Fine Arts Building before he spoke at convocation ceremonies at the campus on April 25, 1989.
Scott Hoffmann, News & Record
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President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with the crowd after delivering an address at Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University concerning the Soviet threat, March 17, 1978. To the right of Carter is Fifth District Congressman Steve Neal.
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