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First Lady Rosalynn Carter recovering from surgery

The former First Lady is recovering in Atlanta.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter attend the 25th anniversary MusiCares 2015 Person Of The Year Gala honoring Bob Dylan at the Los Angeles Convention Center (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is recovering from a surgery this morning.

According to The Carter Center, she had surgery to "remove troubling scar tissue from a portion of her small intestine caused by removal of a cyst many years ago."

The 90-year-old is in Atlanta recovering at Emory University Hospital where she will remain for rest and recovery. The Carter Center called the surgery a success.

In January, President Jimmy Carter told members of his Plains, Georgia church that he plant to reduce the number of weeks each month that he will teach Sunday school.

Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter in love through the years

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U.S. President Jimmy Carter kisses his wfe, Rosalynn Carter, after taking the Oath of Office as the nation's 39th president at the East Portico of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1977. Shown are, from left, former President Gerald Ford, Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger, Vice President Walter Mondale and former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. (AP Photo)

President Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter was sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 1977, by Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger.