The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter began its final journey on Saturday in Americus, Ga. It began with former and active Secret Service agents placing the casket into a hearse at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga. From there, the casket will travel to his hometown of Plains, Ga. on his way to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, with a stop at the Georgia State Capitol along the way.
Carter was a steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976. He died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, according to his son James E. Carter III. He was 100, making him the oldest living U.S. president of all time.
Services to honor Carter will begin Jan. 4 in his home state of Georgia and conclude Jan. 9 with a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, where President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy. Carter will lie in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for three days.
Carter's simple and modest lifestyle was rare, in sharp contrast to his successors. He declined corporate board memberships and lucrative speaking engagements, and decided that his income would come from writing. He wrote 33 books and helped renovate 4,300 homes for Habitat for Humanity.
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