Ruth Carter Stapleton
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Ruth Carter Stapleton (née Carter; August 7, 1929 – September 26, 1983) was an American Christian evangelist. She was the younger sister of United States President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter’s best friend.
Early life and family
Ruth Carter Stapleton was born on August 7, 1929, in Plains, Georgia, the third of the four children in the family of James Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter.
Besides the former president, Stapleton had an older sister, Gloria (1926–1990), and a younger brother, Billy (1937–1988). All three of them died of pancreatic cancer, as did their father.[1]
Education, career, and family
Stapleton attended Georgia State College for Women, earned her bachelor's in English from Methodist University, and her master's in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Stapleton married Robert Thome Stapleton (1925–2014),[2] a veterinarian, in 1948 and they had four children: Gloria Lynn (born May 31, 1950), Sydney Scott (December 23, 1951 – December 13, 2019), Patricia Gordy (born May 29, 1954) and Robert Michael (born November 5, 1958). Stapleton suffered from chronic depression,[3] and was involved in a car accident that nearly killed her during the time immediately following her children's births.[4][5] She said she was later cured of depression at a "Christ-centered camp".[5]
In 1977, she became friends with pornographer Larry Flynt and managed to briefly convert him to Christianity. She was portrayed during this portion of Flynt's life by Donna Hanover in the film The People vs. Larry Flynt.
Stapleton was also known for her involvement in the faith-healing ministry, especially in healing memories. Her books The Gift of Inner Healing, The Experience of Inner Healing, and In His Footsteps: The Healing Ministry of Jesus, Then and Now, illustrate her beliefs about inner healing, which involved healing memories, in which one would go over one's memories and bring Jesus into the memory to help one forgive or be comforted as required by Jesus.
Death
Stapleton died of pancreatic cancer on September 26, 1983, aged 54.[6] One month after her death, her mother died of breast cancer, aged 85.
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1968). Power Through Release. Macalester Park Pub. Co.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1973). In His Footsteps. Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-067516-0.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1976). The Gift of Inner Healing. Word Books. ISBN 0-8499-0082-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1978). Brother Billy. Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-014063-1.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1979). The Experience of Inner Healing. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-12047-9.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stapleton, Ruth Carter (1979). In His Footsteps : The Healing Ministry of Jesus, Then and Now. Harper and Row. ISBN 978-0-06-067516-5.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Folkart, Burt A. (1990-03-06). "Gloria Carter Spann, 63; Sister of Ex-President". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Robert T. Stapleton | Obituaries". fayobserver.com. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dreifus, Claudia (February 11, 1979). "Ruth Carter Stapleton: 'I Didn't Want to Be Just a Socialite Anymore'". LI. p. 14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Milestones: Oct. 10, 1983". Time. 1983-10-10. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Saxon, Wolfgang (1983-09-27). "RUTH CARTER STAPLETON DIES; EVANGELIST AND FAITH HEALER". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DIED". Time. October 10, 1983. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
External links
- Georgia Encyclopedia
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Carter's Sister Faces Cancer". The New York Times. May 14, 1983. p. 3-7.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hayward, Steven F. (2004). The Real Jimmy Carter. Regnery Publishing. ISBN 0-89526-090-5.
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