AMERICUS, GA. (WALB) - A great cause in the name ... drive sponsored by Phoebe Sumter Medical Center and Americus First Baptist Church will honor officers Jody C. Smith, and Nicholas Smarr.

The procession Saturday was intended to reflect Carter’s deep rural roots and remarkable rise to the world stage.

Bouquets of flowers lay in front of Maranatha Baptist Church. Barren pecan limbs stretched beneath a clear blue sky. Distant ...