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.
After his funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral, Jimmy Carter is being flown to Georgia to be laid to rest in his beloved hometown Plains.
After this morning's service in Washington D.C., the former president's casket has arrived back home in Plains.
Mourners gathered on Thursday in Plains, Georgia, to pay their last respects to former US President Jimmy Carter during the final day of his state funeral. The hearse carrying Carter's casket passed through his hometown on its way to the family cemetery after a private service at Maranatha Baptist Church.
Somber moments in Plains, Georgia Thursday as former President Jimmy Carter’s hearse makes its final journey through his beloved hometown.
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.
PLAINS, Ga. (WTVM) - A restaurant owner expresses her gratitude of serving President Jimmy Carter over the years. Last week, the city of Plains and the Carter family said their final goodbyes to former President, Jimmy Carter. News Leader 9 traveled to the hometown of the 39th President with a special edition of 9 & Dine.
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.
PLAINS, Ga. — Plains, Georgia is where Jimmy Carter’s story began, and it is where he will be buried. But his story is by no means over. His legacy lives on, and people in Plains will make ...
Carter will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, in Plains. The rural Georgia town only has about 600 residents, but the Carters made the city a much more well-known area during his four years in the White House. Carter spent his final years in Plains, too.
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.
Families and other admirers lined up along the procession route in downtown Plains ... US President Jimmy Carter as he lies in repose during his state funeral in Atlanta, Georgia.