Former US Preisdent Jimmy Carter Laid To Rest
Observances honoring the late President Jimmy Carter concluded with an interment on Thursday evening in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, following a private service at Maranatha Baptist Church where the humanitarian and farmer taught Sunday school for decades.
After the private funeral service Thursday evening, Carter’s motorcade travelled through his hometown to his residence for interment — the same location his wife, Rosalynn, was buried following her death last year.
Eulogizing Carter at the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral this morning, President Joe Biden remembered him as “a man who never let the ties of politics divert him from his mission to serve and shape the world.”
Biden, who marked Thursday, January 9, 2025 as a National Day of Mourning, has also directed the US flag to be flown at half-staff for 30 days.
One of the highlights of the burial, was the pleasantries being exchanged by former president Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump.
A prolonged, jovial exchange between the bitter enemies encapsulated the compelling theater of the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter— 11 days before the 45th president is inaugurated as the 47th.
All five living United States presidents were present to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington.
