Editing Dixie Carter (section)

==Early life==
Dixie Virginia Carter was born May 25, 1939, to Esther Virginia (née Hillsman) and Halbert Leroy Carter in [[McLemoresville, Tennessee]]. Carter spent many of her early years in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]. She attended the [[University of Memphis]] and [[Rhodes College]].

In college, she was a member of the [[Delta Delta Delta]] sorority. In 1959, Carter competed in the [[Miss Tennessee]] pageant, where she placed first runner-up to Mickie Weyland. Carter won the Miss Volunteer beauty pageant at the [[University of Tennessee]] the same year.{{Citation needed |date=October 2023}}