Despite Black Eye, Stitches After Fall, Jimmy Carter Continues ‘No. 1 Priority’ To Build Homes

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October 7th, 2019

Former President Jimmy Carter is shown speaking at the annual Carter Town Hall at Emory University last month. On Sunday, Carter fell at his home in Plains, Georgia, and required 14 stitches above his eyebrow. But later that evening, he was on stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with his wife Rosalynn, 92, to talk to volunteers and supporters of a home-building project for Habitat for Humanity.

John Amis / Associated Press

Updated at 1 p.m. Monday

With a bandage above his left eye and a large, red welt below it, former President Jimmy Carter was greeted by a cheering crowd Monday morning as he prepared to help build a home with Habitat for Humanity in Nashville.

Carter fell at home on Sunday, requiring 14 stitches, but he did not let his injuries keep him from participating in his 36th building project with the nonprofit Christian housing organization.

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