Ruth Carter Stapleton, and her family lived in Fayetteville and later near Hope Mills in Cumberland County. Stapleton was a Southern Baptist evangelist in the charismatic Christian movement.

The president’s sister Ruth Carter Stapleton was a believer in “inner healing,” writing two books on the topic, and decided not to undergo medical treatment after receiving a cancer diagnosis.

Ruth Carter Stapleton, an evangelist and faith healer, lived in Fayetteville. It was during the North Carolina primary that Carter first talked at length about his deep faith and what he called ...