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President Joe Biden touches the casket of former President Jimmy Carter after delivering remarks during Carter's state funeral at the National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Biden hails late President Jimmy Carter as a visionary and man of character

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter moves toward Plains, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Here’s what to know about Jimmy Carter’s state funeral

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

A young boy salutes as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter moves through downtown Plains, Ga., Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket is on its way to Atlanta as 39th president’s state funeral begins

Associated Press

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown on Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical,’ from campaigns to race and women’s rights

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

An In Memorium button for former President Jimmy Carter is seen inside the Plains Trading Post, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, in Plains, Ga. Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world

By Russ Bynum, Sharon Johnson and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

In this Aug. 23, 2015 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter opens up a Bible while teaching Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown in Plains, Ga. Carter’s recent diagnosis that cancer has spread to his brain will require him to scale back his work, but Carter Center officials say their programs will continue uninterrupted. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Faith shaped Jimmy Carter’s presidency and the decades of public life that followed

By Mark A. Kellner - Special to The Washington Times

James "Chip" Carter kisses the casket during a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rosalynn Carter is eulogized before family and friends as husband Jimmy bears silent witness

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

The casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter is covered with a flower arrangement during a repose service at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool)

Jimmy Carter set to lead presidents, first ladies in mourning and celebrating Rosalynn Carter

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

James "Chip" Carter kisses his father, former President Jimmy Carter, after speaking during a tribute service for his mother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta, as Amy Carter, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy

By Bill Barrow and Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2018, file photo former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter are seen ahead of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals in Atlanta. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been best friends and life mates for nearly 80 years. Now with the former first lady's death at age 96, the former president must adjust to life without the woman who he credits as his equal partner in everything he accomplished in politics and as a global humanitarian after their White House years. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Brianna Cook, of Macon, Ga., looks at a display inside the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Rosalynn Carter’s tiny hometown mourns a global figure who made many contributions at home

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter arrives with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, left, for an annual Carter Town Hall held at Emory University, Sept. 18, 2019, in Atlanta. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

A timeline of key moments from former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s 96 years

Associated Press

Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, wave to the audience at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 25, 2008. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies

By Bill Barrow and Michael Warren - Associated Press

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary, on July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

Rosalynn Carter: Advocate for Jimmy Carter and many others, always leveraging her love of politics

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

In this Sept. 15, 1966, file photo, then Georgia State Sen. Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his Atlanta campaign headquarters. Rosalynn Carter turns 96 on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, and is celebrating at home in Plains, Ga., with her family, including former President Jimmy Carter. Her plan includes eating cupcakes and peanut butter ice cream, then releasing butterflies in her garden -- with friends doing the same around the Carters' hometown. (AP Photo/File)

Rosalynn Carter marks 96th birthday at home with the former president, butterflies and ice cream

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press