A family funeral service will be held for the 39th president before he is buried beside his wife. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended the state funeral in Washington, remembered Mr.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation's capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

Jimmy Carter was in office from 1977 until 1981, but it was his life outside the White House that has continued to speak volumes

Jimmy Carter was celebrated for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral today featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.

Jimmy Carter was honored for his service as a naval officer, governor, president and for four decades of humanitarian work after leaving the White House.

The casket of former President Jimmy Carter was carried from the cathedral following his National Funeral Service.

By Bo Erickson, Jeff Mason and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of mourners including all five living current and former U.S. presidents packed into Washington's National Cathedral on Thursday to mourn,