Carter will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, in Plains. The rural Georgia town only has about 600 residents, but the Carters made the city a much more well-known area during his four ...

The Joint Task Force-National Capitol Region announced a couple of days after Carter’s death on Dec. 29 that state funeral proceedings would be held for him in both Georgia and Washington, D.C., ...

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were born in Plains and lived most of their lives in and around the town, apart from Mr Carter’s navy career and his terms as Georgia governor and US president. The procession was due to stop in ...

PLAINS, Ga. — 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 reflect Carter’s climb ...

The motorcade will start in the town of Americus, Georgia, and then head to his hometown of Plains. Here to talk with us now about today's events is Grant Blankenship of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Atlanta as a Launchpad: While Carter’s home was always in the small Georgia town of Plains, Atlanta gave him the opportunities to cement a political and humanitarian legacy.

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter's six-day state funeral begins in Georgia with a procession in the former US president's hometown of Plains. State police say the crash happened on Route 8 just ...

ATLANTA — The nation began its formal farewell to Jimmy Carter on Saturday, as the casket carrying the former president started its journey along the rural roads of south Georgia, where he spent ...