People living in Plains, Georgia are remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter after he was laid to rest Thursday.
Think of Jimmy Carter’s life as a book. Appropriate, given he was a prolific writer. And yesterday was the last paragraph in the final chapter of a century-old story. “I don’t mean this with any ...
That was to be among the hundreds of folks lining the 1-mile route in Plains, Georgia, from Maranatha Baptist Church to 209 Woodland Drive, where the 39th president of the United States would be ...
"From the Plains Peanut Festival to the Governor’s Mansion, to the White House—and to communities around the globe—they remained grounded and humble, and Plains always remained home in their hearts.” ...
in Plains, Georgia. A funeral service for Carter was held in Washington D.C. on Thursday morning with an additional funeral service later in the afternoon in Plains, where he will then be buried next ...
People in this story were interviewed days after Jimmy Carter entered hospice in February of 2023. PLAINS — They quieted their dogs when he jogged by their homes. They saw him getting ice cream. Or ...
Over the last two weeks, resources from across the state and nation flowed into Sumter County for the state funeral of former ...
Visitors and community members alike remember President Jimmy Carter in his hometown in Plains, Georgia, after his death.
Plains, Ga., had been bracing for the inevitable through the former president’s ailments and nearly two years of hospice care. Still, his death, at 100, “doesn’t seem real.” By Rick Rojas ...
In his small Georgia hometown, Jimmy Carter was always far more than a state governor or this country’s commander in chief. He was a neighbor, a friend.
Well, except maybe for the Secret Service detail quietly tailing him. Plains, Georgia doesn’t have a big grocery store, robust dining options or a movie theater. But, until just days ago ...