Former President Jimmy Carter shared a special friendship with Mattie Stepanek, a terminally ill boy and poet who asked the ...

Jimmy Carter formed an unlikely friendship with Mattie Stepanek, a terminally ill boy, in the 2000s and brought joy to his ...

He's humble,'" Mattie's mom, Jeni Stepanek ... Mattie first spoke to the former president in a brief 15-minute call that his hospital had organized as one of his last wishes.

Jeni Stepanek, the mother of young poet and peacemaker Mattie Stepanek, knew former President Jimmy Carter as few did — as a ...

Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924, to a prominent family in rural south Georgia. He went on to the U.S. Naval Academy during World ...

A Mattie's Call has been issued for 84-year-old Shirley Jenkins by the DeKalb County Police Department. Police in Brookhaven are crediting new gunshot detection technology for helping them with ...

Mattie Stepanek’s admiration for Jimmy Carter began at age six, setting off a bond that lasted until the boy's death at 13 in ...

Observed clean food equipment and/or utensils in storage area, stored wet in a manner that does not allow for draining and/or ...

Mattie’s mom, Jeni Stepanek — also known as Mama Peace — spoke to WTOP about the conversation between her son and Carter. “President Carter was surprised that this was not a dying child ...