death_date death_place birth_place relatives name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
24 june 1999 americus , georgia , u.s. plains , georgia , u.s. jimmy first cousin , once removed -rrb- jason carter -lrb- first carter cousin , twice removed -rrb- james earl carter , sr. -lrb- -lrb- uncle -rrb- rosalynn carter -lrb- cousin-in-law -rrb- jack carter first -lrb- first cousin , once removed -rrb- lillian gordy carter cousin -lrb- aunt -rrb- gloria carter spann -lrb- first cousin -rrb- -rrb- ruth carter stapleton -lrb- first cousin -rrb- amy carter -lrb- hugh carter 13 august 1920 hugh carter
 hugh alton carter politician , businessman georgia southwestern state university university of georgia
hugh carter

hugh alton carter , sr. -lrb- august 13 , 1920 -- june 24 , 1999 -rrb- was an american politician and businessman from georgia .
born in plains , georgia , carter served in the united states army during world war ii .
carter graduated from georgia southwestern state university , when the college was a two year college and then from the university of georgia .
he served in the georgia state senate , succeeding his first cousin president jimmy carter , from 1967 until 1981 .
he owned a bait shop and an antique store .
in 1978 , he wrote a book : `` cousin beedie and cousin hot : my life with the carter family from plains , georgia , '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- .
he died in americus , georgia .
