Interment will be in the White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Davis Memorial Baptist Church, 800 Archer Road, Spartanburg, SC 29303.

Maranatha Baptist Church was Carter’s spiritual home for nearly four decades. The church was founded in the 1970s after Plains Baptist Church, where Carter had previously worshiped, voted to ...

12:14 p.m.: With the service over, Carter and his family will now begin their journey back to Plains for the family's funeral at Maranatha Baptist Church.

When the Carters left the White House in 1981, having had enough of the lingering racial tensions at Plains Baptist Church, they transferred to nearby Maranatha Baptist Church, Balmer said.