WALB learned this information from a Facebook post from the Americus Times-Recorder, stating “No mail delivery Thursday Jan. 9 in observance of President Jimmy Carter’s passing.” This follows President Joe Biden announcement, that all federal government agencies and departments will be shut down on that day.

America’s final salute for former US President Jimmy Carter started on Saturday with a tribute to him outside his family’s farm as the old farm bell rang 39 times in his honour. His six-day state funeral began in Americus at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center,

President Joe Biden appointed Jan. 9, as a day of mourning for Jimmy Carter for people to 'pay homage to the memory' of the former president.

On Thursday, the nation will observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at 100 years old last week.

Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. After lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center, Carter's remains were was transported to the U.