Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks performed "Imagine" at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral, which was not taken well by some Christian conservatives on social media.
The ceremonies will conclude in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he will be buried beside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who passed away in 2023. Together, the Carters had long planned their modest resting place in Plains, where they began their lives together on a peanut farm.
Former presidents, dignitaries, celebrities and other notable figures attended former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
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Inside Washington National Cathedral, the five men who've occupied the Oval Office since 1993 convened for a rare moment together at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.
Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, memorialized his grandfather with a blend of personal touches and humor, recognition of Jimmy Carter’s intensity and ambition,
Jimmy Carter has been remembered at his funeral as a man of “character” and “something of a miracle” with “prophetic” vision.
One of the first calls Obama made after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 was to George W. Bush to spread the word that the mission had been accomplished, said Kate Andersen Brower, author of “Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump.”
Halfway finished building a sailboat, the woman who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean has another legendary task ahead: recreating furniture built by former President Jimmy Carter. "I don't know what I'm gonna build yet," she said. "We have to wait 'til the children and grandchildren pick the furniture that they're gonna take."
As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral. During a service that stretched more than an hour,
John Torres, former Special Agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in D.C., said heightened awareness and attention to detail is especially important ahead of the rally and Trump’s inauguration the following day.