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.

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 ...

Jimmy Carter, the first former American president to live to 100, arrived back in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Before the trip home, the former president was memorialized at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday morning before Special Air Mission 39 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland took his casket on its

Thursday, the nation bid a final farewell to former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, making him the longest-living former U.S. president. A formal state funeral was held in Washington,

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.

Mattie Wright, a 73-year-old Albany resident, visited Plains Thursday to honor the late president’s push for racial equality — a lesson Jimmy Carter instilled in his son, Chip. Wright attended Georgia Southwestern University with Chip in the early 1970s. He used to talk with Wright and other Black students at the university’s student center.

We saw all five living presidents happily seated together, while we observers speculated as to what Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Democratic former President Barack Obama were joking about with each other.

In the town of Plains, Georgia, President Jimmy Carter was affectionally referred to as “Mr. Jimmy.” Everybody in the tiny town was related to or knew him personally. Never before has a president devoted so much of himself to his hometown both before and after his presidency.

Carter’s impulse to heal and seek peace was evident on his second day in office, when he pardoned all who had left the country to evade the Vietnam War draft. He went on to conclude the historic Camp David Accords and a later treaty bringing peace and establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt.

The ceremony is expected to include some of The Carter Center's global staff of 3,000 ... from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the global stage as a humanitarian and advocate ...

Local historian Larry Cook and his wife, Diane, had been invited to the 75th wedding anniversary celebration for President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 2021.

Looking back on the events that shape one’s life, it is often not easy to pinpoint an exact time or person who featured prominently in helping you become the person that you are. For me though, that is not so much the case.