From Plains to Atlanta, mourners in Georgia will pay their respects to Jimmy Carter. The service begins six days of funeral events.
Traffic delays are expected across Middle Georgia on Saturday as the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter begins.
After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,
Members and staff of the Carter Presidential Center surrounded the Circle of Flags to watch the hearse leave for Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
James "Pop" Bivins set out to join the Georgia National Guard at 19 years old. "The army was up on Anthony Road, which was a walking distance from where we live, so I walked up there by myself and told the sergeant that was at the desk,
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.
− Randy Fenley, who traveled from Macon, Georgia for the funeral procession. “I started researching presidents, senators and representatives, and Jimmy Carter stuck out to me, not as a politician, but as a human. When you look at Jimmy Carter ...
ATLANTA − Funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday ... who traveled from Macon, Georgia, for the procession. Carter will lie in repose at the Carter Center starting ...