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Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that

The Georgia Democrat, who served as president from 1977-81, will be laid to rest alongside his wife, Rosalynn, outside their home in Plains.

Jimmy Carter was in office from 1977 until 1981, but it was his life outside the White House that has continued to speak volumes

Only three family members spoke during the funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, but many more attended the services and are expected in Plains. Ga.

President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.

Mr. Carter spent his childhood on a peanut farm and returned there after serving in the Navy. His political career took him to Atlanta, the White House and beyond.

Carter, at 100 the nation’s longest living president, died Dec. 29 at his home in Plains. The scene this week in Washington, at the National Cathedral Thursday and as he was lying in state for three days at the Capitol, was unlike anything the country had seen in years.

From Plains, Georgia to Washington D.C ... through my cheek to keep from laughing, but Carter characteristically voiced very strong confidence that he would be running.” When Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976, he was ...

The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.

"Throughout his life, he showed us what it means to be practitioner of good works, a good and faithful servant of God and of the people," Biden said of Carter.

The little-known former Georgia governor tied for 12th in early polling, but he had the right plan to win the 1976 presidential primary.