Update: Funeral Plans Released For President Jimmy Carter In GA, DC

Updated at 5:20 p.m. Monday

ATLANTA, GA — Georgia leaders and others across the country honored former President Jimmy Carter, a "good man" and the nation's longest-living president, who died Sunday at his home in Plains at age 100. Information on both state and private memorial service is being released.

Carter, a Georgia native and Nobel Peace Prize winner who died at age 100, is being remembered as a man who loved God and dedicated his time to helping tackle global issues. He served as the 39th U.S. president from 1977-81.

Funeral services for the 39th president begin Jan. 4 and conclude on Jan. 9. Carter will lie in state both in Atlanta and at the U.S. Capitol. See the full schedule below.

His funeral schedule includes a pause at his boyhood farm; a motorcade to Atlanta; a pause at the
Georgia State Capitol; a service at the Carter Presidential Center; public viewings in both Atlanta and Washington; a funeral procession in Washington; a service at the U.S. Capitol; a national funeral service at Washington National Cathedral; and a private service and interment in Plains, Georgia.

The Carter family invites the public to honor and celebrate the life of former President Carter by paying their respects during either of the public viewings; the funeral procession in Washington; in the downtown area of Plains, Georgia; or along the motorcade routes in Georgia and Washington.

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Full details are as follows (all times are in Eastern Standard Time). Exact times are subject to change.

SATURDAY, JAN. 4

The state funeral begins with the arrival of the Carter Family at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in
Americus, Georgia, at 10:15 a.m. Current and former Special Agents in Charge from the United States Secret Service – Carter Protective Division will carry Carter’s remains to the hearse and walk alongside the hearse as the motorcade departs.

The motorcade then travels through Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, to his boyhood home for a pause in front of his family’s farm at 10:50 a.m. During the pause, the National Park Service will render a salute to the late president and ring the historic farm bell 39 times.

After the pause, the late president officially begins his final journey to Atlanta at 10:55 a.m. As the
motorcade arrives in Atlanta, it will stop at Georgia’s State Capitol for a moment of silence led by Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Mayor of Atlanta Andre Dickens, members of the Georgia Legislature, and Georgia State Patrol Troopers at 3 p.m.

Carter’s remains are then taken to the Carter Presidential Center for an arrival ceremony at 3:45
p.m. and service at 4 p.m. Following the service, he will lie in repose for mourners to pay their respects from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

SUNDAY, JAN. 5

The late president continues to lie in repose 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The public may pay
their respects throughout this time.

MONDAY, JAN. 6

The late president continues to lie in repose until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The public may
pay their respects throughout this time.

TUESDAY, JAN. 7

Carter departs the Carter Presidential Center one last time with ceremony at 9:30 a.m. The late president and his family then travel to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, at 10 a.m., where they will board Special Air Mission 39 to travel to Washington at 10:40 a.m.

The plane arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at 12:45 p.m., where Carter’s remains are transferred with ceremony to the hearse. Carter and his family will then travel by motorcade at 1:15 p.m. to the U.S. Navy Memorial, where his remains are transferred from the hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for a funeral procession up to the U.S. Capitol at 2 p.m. Upon arrival at the U.S. Capitol, the late president is carried by military body bearers into the Rotunda, where members of Congress will pay their respects during a service at 3 p.m.

Carter will then lie in state while the military maintains a guard of honor. The public may pay their respects as he lies in state from 7 p.m. to midnight.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8
The late president continues to lie in state while the military maintains a guard of honor. The public may pay their respects from 7 a.m. on Jan. 8 until 7 a.m. on Jan. 9.

THURSDAY, JAN. 9
Carter departs the U.S. Capitol with ceremony for his last time at 9 a.m. The motorcade travels to Washington National Cathedral for a brief ceremony at 9:30 a.m., followed by the National Funeral Service at 10 a.m. After the service, Carter and his family will travel by motorcade at 11:15 a.m. to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, where they board Special Air Mission 39 at 11:45 a.m. for the journey back to Georgia.

Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Lawson Army Airfield on Fort Moore, Georgia, at 2 p.m., where
Carter’s remains are transferred with ceremony to the hearse. Carter and his family then travel by
motorcade to Maranatha Baptist Church, Plains, Georgia, arriving at 3:30 p.m., followed by a private funeral service at 3:45 p.m.

After the funeral service, the late president, and his family travel by a motorcade at 4:45 p.m. to the Carter residence for a private interment at 5:20 p.m. The public is invited to line the motorcade route as Carter and his family travel through his hometown of Plains to the late president’s final resting place.

Prior to interment, the U.S. Navy will conduct a missing man formation flyover in honor of former President Carter’s naval service and time as commander-in-chief shortly after the motorcade’s arrival at the residence.

Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency in Sumter County to assist with the farewell and interment for the former president.

The order, which allows the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to activate the State Operations Center for resources, went into effect Sunday and will end at 11:59 p.m., Jan. 12, 2025.

Additionally, Kemp ordered flags at state grounds and buildings to fly at half-staff until sunset on Jan. 28, 2025.

The official tribute website to the life of President Carter — www.jimmycartertribute.org — includes an online condolence book.

In lieu of flowers, the Carter family asks that donations be made to The Carter Center, 453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway N.E., Atlanta, GA 30307.

GA Leaders Remember President Jimmy Carter

Carter, a Democrat, served as Georgia's 76th governor from 1971 to 1975 and was a state senator from 1963 to 1967 before being elected to serve as president.

In the words of Gov. Brian Kemp, Carter "showed the world the impact our state and its people have on the country." Carter was the single president from Georgia, hailing from Plains, Kemp tweeted.

"As the longest-lived president in history, perhaps his greatest distinction is the happy marriage he enjoyed with the First Lady (Rosalynn) Carter, spanning over 77 years - also the longest of any former president," Kemp said. "Their family continues to be in our prayers as President Carter is reunited with his beloved wife and the world mourns this native Georgian, former state and national leader and proud peanut farmer from Plains."

Democratic Atlanta-based pastor Sen. the Rev. Raphael Warnock, alongside a photo of him and the Carters, called the former president one of his heroes.

Warnock said Carter was "the embodiment of faith coming alive through the noble work of public service. His life’s project was human dignity and his long life will be outmatched only by the length of his legacy. Well done, good and faithful servant. Well done."

Carter devoted himself to democracy and human rights, Sen. Jon Ossoff said, adding Georgia and the U.S. are "better places because of President Jimmy Carter." Ossoff said millions of people will admire Carter.

Like her political counterparts, Keisha Lance Bottoms remembered Carter as a man of service. Bottoms served as Atlanta's 60th mayor and President Joe Biden's senior advisor,

"Simply put, President Jimmy Carter was a good man," Bottoms tweeted. "He was the epitome of a servant leader, changing the world and setting the highest example of what it meant to honor God, family and country. May his legacy of unselfish leadership and work to serve “the least of these” inspire us all to make the world a better place."

Stacey Abrams, in tribute, depicted Carter as a "giant who never saw anyone smaller than himself." The two-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate said Carter, on a daily, embodied James 2:17.

"Whether at a Boys and Girls Club banquet or when he sponsored a medical clinic for the uninsured in his corner of rural Georgia, he lived James 2:17 each day," Abrams tweeted. "Jimmy Carter built homes, saved lives and tended to souls. God bless President Carter, may the family he and Mrs. Carter raised know only comfort in these days of grief."

After news of Carter's death broke, tributes poured in from beyond Georgia.

Former President Barack Obama said Carter demonstrated how to "live a life of grace, dignity, justice and service."

Former President Bill Clinton, who presented the Medal of Freedom to Carter and his wife in 1999, said Carter's service continued until his death. He added Carter "worked tirelessly for a better, fairer world."

Also sharing condolences was Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

"As we remember President Carter's extraordinary life, we also honor the countless lives he touched through his vision and generosity," Schumer said. "My thoughts are with the Carter family and all those mourning this incredible man. May his memory be a blessing and an enduring reminder of what it means to truly serve."