Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's six-day funeral observances began in his home state of Georgia, celebrating his life and legacy.
Jimmy Carter's six-day funeral observances began on Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Proceedings began around 10:15 a.m. ET with the Carter family arriving at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, a small city about 17 kilometers east of Plains. Carter's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren accompanied their patriarch as his hearse rode first Saturday through his hometown of Plains, Ga.
, which at about 700 residents is not much bigger than when Carter was born there Oct. 1, 1924. 'He was an amazing man. He was held up and propped up and soothed by an amazing woman,' son James Earl 'Chip' Carter III, told mourners at The Carter Center late Saturday afternoon, referring to his father and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023. 'The two of them together changed the world. And it was an amazing thing to watch so close.' Grandson Jason Carter, who now chairs the centre's governing board, said: 'It's amazing what you can cram into a hundred years.
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