Saturday marks the beginning of six days of funeral services honoring former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. 


What You Need To Know

  • Saturday marks the beginning of six days of funeral services honoring former President Jimmy Carter

  • He died last Sunday at the age of 100

  • The state funeral for the 39th president of the United States includes stops at his boyhood home, the state capitol of Georgia, the U.S. Capitol and the Washington National Cathedral

  • He will be laid to rest at his home in Georgia

The state funeral for the 39th president of the United States includes stops at his boyhood home, the Georgia state Capitol, the U.S. Capitol and the Washington National Cathedral.

The state funeral begins at 10:15 a.m. Eastern on Saturday at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. The facility cared for Carter on many occasions over the years. Special agents from the U.S. Secret Service-Carter Protective Division will carry Carter’s remains from the medical facility to a hearse. 

Accompanied by a motorcade, the hearse will then travel to Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, and his childhood home on a farm before traveling to Atlanta, where Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens will participate in a moment of silence. 

The public will be able to pay their respects from 7 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Tuesday at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, where the late president’s remains will lie in repose.

His remains will then be flown to Washington on Tuesday morning and travel as part of a horse-drawn carriage for a funeral procession to the U.S. Capitol. Military body bearers will carry the late president into the Capitol Rotunda for members of Congress to pay their respects.

The public will be able to pay their respects in the Capitol as he lies in state from 7 p.m. to midnight Tuesday and from 7 a.m. Wednesday until 7 a.m. Thursday.

Carter’s remains will depart the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning and travel by motorcade to Washington National Cathedral for a funeral service at 10 a.m. He will return to Georgia later that day for a private funeral service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains before being laid to rest at his home.