Lucas Peters, 24, works for the US Navy as an engineer and traveled from Rockville to pay his respects. Peters says his best friend is a naval submariner and his grandfather was a peanut farmer, two parallels that deepen his appreciation for the former President. "The first submarine I ever went on was the USS Jimmy Carter," Peters said. "I just really feel this connection with him and I'm glad he's at peace."
Wilidean Wilkerson, 65, also came from Maryland with her friend Sheila Magruder to see Carter lie in state. Both women worked in Washington for the Internal Revenue Service before retiring. Wilkerson said that she was born and raised in DC, graduating from high school in 1977, the year Carter took his oath of office. "He did so many different things to bring a lot of diversity to the administration," she said. "I just remember his genuineness with Habitat for Humanity, and him being a down-home, good old Christian President. He never wavered from his beliefs, no matter the political environment."
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