At the Maranofa Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, there's a volunteer opportunity that comes up every month.

Every Thursday of the month, we give away a distribution of food to the poor.

That food handout is where a Plains resident named Winston Churchill met a former First Lady of the United States.

And that's when I met her, you know, I shook her hands right here.

To me she was humble, just not political, you know, it was always one person in Plains, like her husband, former President Jimmy Carter.

They were married for almost eight decades and on

Sunday she died at the age of 96. Rememberances are now pouring in from around the

world but in the tiny town of Plains, population just over 500, people

knew the Carter's personally.

Mrs Carter was known for impactful global projects that had local roots like butterfly gardens.

Plains resident Annette Wise helped her build the first one after the former first lady learned

about the worldwide decline in insect populations. So that one garden that started in her front yard, we wanted to have milkweed in it,

in native plants and plants that would attract butterflies and serve as a habitat for them. and this. Although she only served for one term, Rosal and Carter transformed the role of First Lady,

and her influence continued for decades after she and President Carter left the White House. From NPR, I'm Ari Shapiro.

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Earlier this year, the Carter family announced that Rosalin Carter had been diagnosed

with dementia.

She died on Sunday.

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