The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1993, '95, '96 and '98 about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics and his advocacy for human rights and peace. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.

The death of former President Jimmy Carter hits close to home, quite literally, for Rita Gross of Butler County. "It was very sad," Gross said. She and her family live on a street in Oxford named ...