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As the nation remembers former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin took a look back through its archives to ...
Jimmy Carter returned to Georgia for the last time Thursday after being honored in Washington with a state funeral in which President Joe Biden eulogized the former president.The country’s 39th ...
PLAINS, Ga. − From Dollar General to the local high school, Americans had words of admiration in Jimmy Carter's hometown for a local hero who became president and leader of the free world and ...
Editor’s note: 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.
People in Plains, Ga., are remembering former President Jimmy Carter who died on Sunday at the age of 100. Carter embraced his hometown and never forgot the importance of the place.
Jimmy Carter was known to wake up at 4 a.m. and go to the fields at his family farm to round up peanuts, then take them inside to boil before trekking to nearby downtown Plains to sell them.
In September, 2011, I drove to Plains, Georgia, with Gerald Rafshoon, President Jimmy Carter’s former media adviser. Rafshoon had asked me to write a play about the 1978 Camp David summit ...
PLAINS, Ga. (WTOC) - Somber moments in Plains, Georgia Thursday as former President Jimmy Carter’s hearse makes its final journey through his beloved hometown. “Jimmy Carter represents the best in ...
Jimmy Carter, a steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, according to his son James E. Carter III, known as Chip.
From Plains to Atlanta, mourners in Georgia will pay their respects to Jimmy Carter. The service begins six days of funeral events. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...
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.” ...
The first day of memorial services for former President Jimmy Carter began in his hometown of Plains, Ga., and included stops at the Georgia State Capitol and The Carter Center in Atlanta.