Jimmy Carter revealed heartbreaking plan to his son months before Rosalynn’s death
WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 04: Former US President Jimmy Carter listens during the kick-off of an all-week construction project to mark the World Habitat Day and the annual Habitat for Humanity Carter Work Project October 4, 2010 in the Ivy City neighborhood of Washington, DC. Carter was recently released from an Ohio hospital after being treated for a viral infection. Under the project a total of 86 homes will be built, rehabilitated or repaired in Washington, DC; Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; and Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Yet the former president might take some small measure of solace in knowing he was able to be there for his lifelong love as he intended.
According to Chip Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn’s son, Jimmy had explained to him time and again that he didn’t want to die before Rosalynn.
“Dad told me several times over the last nine months that he had always believed he would survive mom and protect her until she died, but that now he wasn’t sure that would happen – and that upset him,” said Chip.
“But he stayed alive. We all told him how proud we were of his relationship with her and how he took care of her.”
Jimmy himself, of course, has faced a number of health issues in recent years. Now 99, the former president moved into hospice care in February after a series of short hospital stays.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Carter family at this time. Rest in peace, Rosalynn Carter.
