Lebanon Cemetery is west
of Plains on Old Plains
Highway.
If you're driving to Richland, the older section of the cemetery is on the right side of
the road.
We are looking for James
Earl & Lillian Carter's graves.
There are three graves here.
James Earl Carter died
July 22, 1953
Lillian Gordy Carter died
October 30, 1983
The third grave is Billy Carter's.
He died on September 25, 1988.
Leaving a coin on a grave marker
is done as a remembrance
1988 was a tough year for the Carter family.
Eric and I walked across the road to look for Gloria Carter Spann's grave.
The Spann Graves
Gloria Carter Spann died
March 5, 1990
The inscriptions read:
"Missed by all who knew her."
"She rides in Harley Heaven."
I wanted to visit Gloria Carter Spann's grave after reading about her in Bonnie Angelo's book, First Mothers. Lillian Carter, Gloria's mom, was happy that Gloria and Walter enjoyed collecting and riding motorcycles. They were members of Georgia Motorcycle Rights Organization. Gloria was named Most Outstanding Female Motorcyclist in the nation
in 1978.
Penny told me that one hundred Hells Angels members rode their motorcycles in Gloria's funeral cortege.
Gloria's husband, Walter Spann
died June 5, 2012.
The inscription reads:
"He was a good man."
The Carter family is like other families across the United States, and the world. The lives of the deceased are remembered in often told stories and their deaths are mourned by family and friends.
1 comment:
The coins spelling ILYTG would have been left by a Carter family member. The acronym is an old Carter endearment, dating back to Earl Carter, President Carter's father. It stands for "I love you the goodest."
Grant
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