First US President to visit the VI Jimmy E. Carter, dead @ 100 years
Mr Carter, who served as the 39th President of the United States and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, died peacefully Sunday, December 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family. He was 100, the longest-lived President in U.S. history.
According to the Virgin Islands News Online media affiliate the New York Times, President Carter is survived by his children — Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Eleanor Rosalynn Carter.
Visited Tortola in 1985
In 1985, while the late Cyril B. Romney was Chief Minister (1983-1986), Mr Carter and his wife visited Tortola on a fishing trip. First in St. Thomas, USVI, he was invited to Tortola by the late Chief Minister Romney who had a variety of regional and international political contacts. Late President Carter also met former Chief Minister/Premier in 1985 the late Ralph T. O’Neal OBE and Reverend Edris Christopher-O’Neal, OBE.
Both deceased Carter and Romney went around the waters of the VI and caught some Mahi Mahi on a boat belonging to Mr Romney.
It is unclear if the VI will be represented at any official events when Mr. Carter is given a state funeral.
How to show your regards
Members of the public are encouraged to visit the official tribute website to the life of President Carter at www.jimmycartertribute.org. This site includes the official online condolence book as well as print and visual biographical materials commemorating his life.
The Carter family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The Carter Center, 453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway N.E., Atlanta, GA 30307 according to the New York Times.
The second US President to visit the Territory was Former President Barack H. Obama (D).
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