Thursday's services capped six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Following the honors in Washington, it was his wish to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.
Somber moments in Plains, Georgia Thursday as former President Jimmy Carter’s hearse makes its final journey through his beloved hometown.
People living in Plains, Georgia are remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter after he was laid to rest Thursday.
After this morning's service in Washington D.C., the former president's casket has arrived back home in Plains.
Former President Jimmy Carter will be laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on Thursday night. He will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, outside the home they lived in for decades.
10:24 a.m.: Grandson Joshua Carter recalled the former president's years of teaching Sunday school at Marantha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. He said that Carter would often share news during his classes, connecting the former president's faith with his desire to help those in need.
Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.
By Kathy Vestal For the Salisbury Post “You’re not going to believe this,” my travel companion said, and I could tell by her tone that whatever she had just discovered was something big. We were on a seven-hour road trip,
PLAINS, Ga. - In a tribute to the Carters’ legacy, the post office in Plains, Georgia, is being renamed the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office. President Joe Biden signed H.R. 9600 into law ...
PLAINS, Ga. — The crowds have left Plains, Georgia and the town is getting used to a new normal following Thursday's funeral service for President Jimmy Carter. While residents are looking ...
Georgia’s only president, Jimmy Carter, was laid to rest this week in the rural corner of Southwest Georgia where he was born a century ago. On this week’s episode of […]
The state funeral began Saturday in Americus, Georgia and proceeded to Carter's hometown of Plains before the motorcade traveled to Atlanta for a ceremony at the Carter Center. On Tuesday, Carter's remains arrived in Washington, D.C., where he lied in ...