'Plains is sad' | Jimmy Carter's friends and neighbors work to comfort him and his family: Tuesday, Feb. 21

Plains is sad, in the words of one of Jimmy Carter’s close friends.

it is a small town with big pride for their favorite son. Residents are cherishing their years and decades with Mr. Carter, their neighbor, as they offer prayers for him and his family. And they resolve, they say, to be kinder to people, the way he's always been.

“I thank him so much," said Cicele Terry on Sunday.

She was fighting back tears outside Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.

Terry lives in Columbus, Ga. She commutes to and from Maranatha every week -- nearly an hour each way -- all because years ago one Sunday, she was visiting the church, and Jimmy Carter walked up to her and personally asked her to join.

She called that a kindness that she has always treasured, and she is thinking of him now, as he is in hospice care at home in Plains.

“No sorrow, just thankfulness," she said, "just thankfulness, but tears. I’m just thankful for the example and the life that he’s led.”

During Sunday morning services, the congregation said prayers for Mr. Carter.

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A Charlotte mom is speaking out after she said her daughter was a victim of racial abuse at a local Chick-fil-A.

After the mother posted about the incident on Facebook, the post went viral. The family of the daughter held a press conference on Monday afternoon.

The woman said that her daughter went through the drive thru at the Chick-fil-A near Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and Brookshire Blvd on Monday, Feb. 13.

She said that when her daughter received her order, a racial slur was written on the bag and drink order. The mother posted a picture of the order on social media, and it went viral.

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