The official state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter has concluded and the 39th President of the United States will begin the journey to his hometown of Plains, Ga.

For what he gave me, he deserves my respect,” said Tiffany Patten. “If he can eradicate guinea worm, I can stand in 30-degree ...

10:24 a.m.: Grandson Joshua Carter recalled the former president's years of teaching Sunday school at Marantha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia. He said that Carter would often share news during his ...

“Renaming the Plains post office after both of these Georgia icons is a small nod to their triumphant legacy in the Peach State.” This heartfelt tribute will be a reminder to all who pass through ...

The state funeral began Saturday in Americus, Georgia and proceeded to Carter's hometown of Plains before the motorcade traveled to Atlanta for a ceremony at the Carter Center. On Tuesday, Carter's ...

"As the only American president thus far to come from Georgia, he showed the world the impact our state and its people have on the country. And as a son of Plains, he always valued Georgians and ...

Carter will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, in Plains. The rural Georgia town only has about 600 residents, but ...

He was 100 years old. The days immediately after his death will be given to the family and friends in Plains, the small southwestern Georgia town where he was born in 1924. He will be buried on ...

Wright grew up in Plains and attended Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia, with Chip Carter, Jimmy Carter’s son. Mattie Wright, a 73-year-old Albany resident, visited Plains ...

"From his humble beginning as a Georgia farmer to his incredible accomplishments as commander-in-chief, President Carter embodied the ideas of a life of service." Following Carter's state funeral in ...

Here are events in Washington, Atlanta, and Plains, Georgia., around the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter, who ...

The next time you’re marveling at the ruins at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs or standing in awe of the place known as “Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon," you might want to whisper a ...