Rosalynn Carter recovering from surgery

ATLANTA — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is recovering from surgery at Emory University Hospital.

Carter, 90, had surgery Sunday to remove scar tissue from a portion of her small intestine, The Carter Center said in a statement. The surgery was successful. The scar tissue, the statement said, developed after a cyst was removed many years ago.

Carter is expected to remain hospitalized for several days, where she will rest and recover.

The former first lady married President Jimmy Carter on July 7, 1946, in Plains and emerged as a driving force for mental health during his presidential administration.

She became honorary chair of the President’s Commission on Mental Health, which resulted in passage of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980, and has worked on mental health, human rights and other issues. on the Georgia coast is $1 million richer thanks to an anonymous donor.

The Brunswick News reports the $1 million donation to the St. Simons Land Trust came at an important time. The trust is working to meet a fundraising challenge by a charitable foundation that recently awarded it $2 million.

The Anschutz Foundation says it will give the Land Trust another $2 million if it can raise $4 million. The anonymous donor’s check brings the trust closer to that goal.

The Associated Press