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Jimmy Carter's funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage

Jan. 04, 2025 22:54 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter 's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global humanitarian. ...

Jimmy Carter's state funeral has started. Here's what to know

Jan. 04, 2025 21:24 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflected Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the...

Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world

Dec. 31, 2024 09:46 AM EST

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Johnny Jones found out about Jimmy Carter's death within a matter of minutes. That's how it works in a small town, even for a former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner known throughout the world. “Somebody texted my wife and told her about it —...

The Latest: State funeral for Jimmy Carter will be Jan. 9

Dec. 29, 2024 22:53 PM EST

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977 and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace...

Significant milestones in life and career of Jimmy Carter

Dec. 29, 2024 18:47 PM EST

— Oct. 1, 1924: James Earl Carter Jr. is born in Plains, Georgia, son of James Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. — June 1946: Carter graduates from the U.S. Naval Academy. — July 1946: Carter marries Rosalynn Smith, in Plains. They have four children, John William...