The former president’s body is in the United States Capitol Tuesday, but come Thursday, he will be coming home to Plains and his final resting place. And the people of the tiny Sumter County town are working to have everything ready for President’s Carter last trip home.

Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began in Georgia, where the 39th U.S. president’s life started more than 100 years ago

America's final salute to former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday with a funeral procession in Plains, Georgia. Carter died Sunday at age 100. A hearse carrying Carter's casket left Phoebe Sumter Medical Center and traveled through Plains with a stop at the 39th president's boyhood home in Archery.

Carter’s ride through Plains marks the beginning of one last journey, a trip that will mirror the path of his storied life.

In this otherwise unassuming corner of west Georgia, “Carter culture” blossomed, marked by faith, curiosity, and service that melded into Carter’s bones.

The national day of mourning declared for former President Jimmy Carter includes shutdowns Thursday of some agencies and services. Carter’s six-day state funeral began Saturday in Georgia and will include two days lying in state at the U.

President Joe Biden has announced January 9 as a national day of mourning to honor the death of former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100