After this morning's service in Washington D.C., the former president's casket has arrived back home in Plains.
After Jimmy Carter lost his bid for reelection, he and wife Rosalynn Carter returned to their hometown of Plains, Georgia, where they moved back into the only home they ever owned, located at 209 Woodland Drive.
Those in Jimmy Carter’s hometown Thursday came from different backgrounds, but they were there for the same reasons. That was to be among the hundreds of folks lining the 1-mile route in Plains, Georgia, from Maranatha Baptist Church to 209 Woodland ...
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.
Atlanta as a Launchpad: While Carter’s home was always in the small Georgia town of Plains, Atlanta gave him the opportunities to cement a political and humanitarian legacy.
Admirers lined the streets of Carter's tiny Georgia hometown on Jan. 9 to get ... died in December at 100 — arrived in his hometown of Plains, Ga., where the public said their final goodbyes.
President Joe Biden speaks at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter in the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC on Jan. 9, 2025. The 46th and 39th U.S. presidents had a decades-long friendship, starting when Biden, as a young Delaware lawmaker, became the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s outsider White House bid.
The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will conclude on Thursday with services in Washington, D.C. and his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
Carter’s body arrived for a second, more intimate service at Maranatha Baptist Church late Thursday afternoon, a small congregation on the outskirts of Plains, Georgia, where he long taught Sunday school.
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,
People living in Plains, Georgia are remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter after he was laid to rest Thursday.