Thursday's services capped six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Following the honors in Washington, it was his wish to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.

Mattie Wright, a 73-year-old Albany resident, visited Plains Thursday to honor the late president’s push for racial equality — a lesson Jimmy Carter instilled in his son, Chip. Wright attended Georgia Southwestern University with Chip in the early 1970s. He used to talk with Wright and other Black students at the university’s student center.

The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will conclude on Thursday with services in Washington, D.C. and his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried in his hometown after two funeral ceremonies in Washington, D.C. and Georgia. President Joe Biden will give the eulogy at the National Funeral Service at the National Cathedral.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral and later by private family services and interment in Plains, Georgia.

Carter will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, in Plains. The rural Georgia town only has about 600 residents, but the Carters made the city a much more well-known area during his four years in the White House. Carter spent his final years in Plains, too.

In a tribute to the Carters’ legacy, the post office in Plains, Georgia, is being renamed the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office.

The nation will eulogize Jimmy Carter in Washington D.C. before his remains are moved back to Georgia to be buried with his late wife. Watch it here.

Funeral services honoring the life of former President Jimmy Carter concluded Thursday with events in both Washington D.C. and Plains, Ga.

Washington, D.C., and then tiny Plains, Georgia, said goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter Thursday. First, President Joe Biden honored him at a state funeral in the nation’s capital, remembering his longtime friend as a man of character and a patriot who “showed us what it means to be a practitioner of good works and a good and faithful servant of God and of the people.

President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

During Thursday's National Day of Mourning, former President Jimmy Carter was remembered at a state funeral in Washington.