All time William Alton Carter was an American farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician. The younger brother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, he promoted Billy Beer and Peanut Lolita; and he was a candidate for mayor of Plains, Georgia.
William Alton Carter was the fourth and youngest child of Lillian and James Earl Carter. Billy Carter attended Emory University, served in the United States Marine Corps, and later worked in the Carter family’s peanut business.
Billy Carter’s cause of death
Death. Carter was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the fall of 1987 and received unsuccessful treatments for the disease. He died in Plains the following year at age 51, five years after the death of his sister Ruth Carter Stapleton, who also died of pancreatic cancer, at age 54.
What happened to Jimmy Carter’s brother?
Billy Carter’s brother was James Earl Carter Jr. who was an American retired politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967, and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.
In 1970, Billy Carter was the managing associate and 15% owner of the Carter family’s peanut company. By 1976, Billy had boosted revenues to $5-million-a-year.
