FLASHBACK: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Gift Jimmy Carter And Wife A Classic Car
Jill Stuckey
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood surprised their long-time friends Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter with a unique gift for the former President and first lady’s 75th wedding anniversary.
Hours before the Carters’ anniversary celebration in 2021, Brooks and Yearwood surprised the couple with a fully-restored red Ford Super Deluxe convertible that was built in 1946, the same year the couple wed.
The Carters chose to celebrate their milestone anniversary with a private party at the Plains High School auditorium in their Georgia hometown. Their massive guest list included famous musicians, Carter Center staff members, and other politicians such as Nancy Pelosi, President Bill Clinton, and his wife, Hillary.
“All aspects of their life were covered, so it was just a memory lane,” Jill Stuckey, a friend of the Carters told PEOPLE.
Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th President of the United States, and his wife have worked alongside Garth and Trisha to build houses for Habitat for Humanity for years. Brooks praised the former President in a 2019 interview, saying:
“What the Carters stand for is what we should all shoot for as human beings. Please forget ‘Republican’ or ‘Democrat.’ What they are standing for is as human beings,” Brooks said. “If we’re going to get anywhere as a human race, this is the path we want to follow. So anything keeping any kind of light on that path and those two people’s dreams, then count us in.”
See photos of the Carters’ anniversary car from Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood below.
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Two years later, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood had the honor of singing at Rosalynn Carter’s funeral.
The former first lady died at the age of 96 and was laid to rest near the home she and Jimmy Carter shared for 77 years. During the celebration of her life, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood stood before the crowd to sing “Imagine,” a song made popular by John Lennon in 1971.
Seated on the front row were Rosalynn’s fellow first ladies Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Jill Biden. Presidents Bill Clinton and Joe Biden were also in attendance to support Jimmy Carter who was there for what would be his final public appearance.
Jimmy Carter passed away 13 months later at the age of 100. According to his son, Chip, the 39th president of the United States died Sunday, December 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia. He will be laid to rest next to his wife on their property.
