America is mourning the death of our 39th president. Jimmy Carter passed away yesterday at the age of 100. The Democrat from Georgia served only one term in the White House, but might be best known for what he did after politics. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says Carter went around the world to resolve conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights and prevent disease….
“Every time you saw him h was upbeat. He worked with his wife on all these things. They worked as a team. What a great American.”
He and his wife also helped rebuild thousands of home for Habitat for Humanity, including several in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina.
When he ran for President in 1976, he held a rally in Jackson Square in New Orleans and Campbell remembers the personal touch he provided in northwest Louisiana
“He came to Bossier City once and was knocking on doors about two blocks from my office. He and his wife both were knocking on doors in a subdivision here when he was running for President.”
Carter lost in his re-election bid to Ronald Reagan in 1980. But Campbell says Carter didn’t stop trying to make the world a better place…
“Instead of feeling sorry for himself he kept smiling and he went back and started working and, building houses for people that couldn’t afford houses. Going to Africa and curing some of these diseases.”
