Early Years
Pearl Carter was born into a family devoted to public service in Tompkinsville in Monroe County, Kentucky. Her father, James C. Carter, Sr., had served for forty years as a circuit judge in south central Kentucky. James C. Carter, Jr., the brother of Pearl Carter Pace and U.S. Representative, Dr. Tim Lee Carter, also served in political office for many years.
Pearl Carter married Stanley Dan Pace, the owner of a profitable roadbuilding company and relocated to his neighboring Cumberland County.
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