Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral procession begins in Georgia

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Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral procession begins in Georgia


Former President Jimmy Carter’s lengthy public goodbye started Saturday in Georgia, the place he died this week on the age of 100.

Former and present Secret Service brokers assigned to the Carter element transfer the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Middle in Americus, Ga on Jan. 4, 2025. AP
Individuals line the road in Plains, Ga., earlier than the hearse carrying the casket of former President Jimmy Carter passes by way of his hometown. AP
Carter died at age 100 on December 29, 2024. Getty Photos
The previous president was born in Plains, Georgia. Bettmann Archive

The thirty ninth president’s flag-draped casket was carried in a motorcade heading to his tiny hometown of Plains and previous his boyhood dwelling on the best way to Atlanta.

The procession started on the Phoebe Sumter Medical Middle in Americus, the place former Secret Service brokers who protected the late president served as pallbearers.

It kicked off what will probably be six days of funeral observances for Carter.     

With Publish wires


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