--- title: Jimmy Carter Funeral Services: A Guide description: Here’s what to know about the scheduled tributes and services for former President Jimmy Carter in Georgia and Washington, D.C. canonical: https://time.com/7204521/jimmy-carter-funeral-service-schedule-tributes/ author: Chantelle Lee article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-01-03T16:02:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-01-19T17:18:39.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Everything to Know About Jimmy Carter’s Funeral Services og:description: Here’s what to know about the scheduled tributes and services. og:url: https://time.com/7204521/jimmy-carter-funeral-service-schedule-tributes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d1ea7039ea8f27e/6998b23be1ba007efc98b480/GettyImages-1810312436.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-FUNERAL-ROSALYNN-CARTER og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everything to Know About Jimmy Carter’s Funeral Services twitter:description: Here’s what to know about the scheduled tributes and services. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d1ea7039ea8f27e/6998b23be1ba007efc98b480/GettyImages-1810312436.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everything to Know About Jimmy Carter's Funeral Services > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) and [Rebecca Schneid](https://time.com/author/rebecca-schneid/) Updated: Jan 19, 2026 5:18 PM UTCPublished: Jan 3, 2025 4:02 PM UTC  Former President Jimmy Carter departs after the funeral service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, on Nov. 29, 2023. Former President Jimmy Carter departs after the funeral service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, on Nov. 29, 2023. ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP—Getty Images by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) and [Rebecca Schneid](https://time.com/author/rebecca-schneid/) Updated: Jan 19, 2026 5:18 PM UTCPublished: Jan 3, 2025 4:02 PM UTC The official state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will take place on Jan. 9 in Washington, D.C., following days of services and ceremonies to honor the 39th President. President Joe Biden [declared](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/29/proclamation-announcing-the-death-of-james-earl-carter-jr/) Jan. 9 a National Day of Mourning, and [ordered](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/30/executive-order-providing-for-the-closing-of-executive-departments-and-agencies-of-the-federal-government-on-january-9-2025/) all executive departments and agencies of the federal government to close out of respect for the former President, who [died](https://time.com/5579674/jimmy-carter-dies/) on Dec. 29 at the age of 100\. But ceremonies honoring Carter started before then, on Jan. 4, when a motorcade transported Carter through his hometown of Plains, Georgia. On Jan. 7, the former President began lying in state, which lasted until the day of his state funeral. Here’s what to know about the tributes for the former President. ## **What will happen on the day of the funeral?** The morning of Jan. 9, a motorcade will take Carter from the U.S. Capitol to the Washington National Cathedral, where the national funeral service will run from 10-11 a.m. ET. After the service, Carter will be flown back to Georgia, and a private funeral service will take place in Plains at Maranatha Baptist Church, where Carter taught Sunday school and where a funeral service was held for his wife, [former First Lady Rosalynn Carter](https://time.com/6340428/rosalynn-carter-funeral-what-to-know/), in November 2023\. A motorcade will then take the former President and his family through downtown Plains for Carter’s final journey through his hometown. The motorcade will take Carter to his family’s residence for a private interment next to his wife, according to the [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/politics/jimmy-carter-funeral.html). Before the interment, the U.S. Navy will honor the former President with a missing man formation flyover. ## **Who attended the funeral?** Former Presidents and First Ladies attended the funeral and sat together in the National Cathedral. Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush and Laura Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald and Melania Trump all came to the service, as well as President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Mike Pence. Former First Lady Michelle Obama did not attend. Biden spoke at the funeral. "Jimmy Carter’s friendship taught me, and through his life taught me, the strength of character is more than title or the power we hold,” he said. “It’s the strength to understand that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. That everyone, and I mean everyone, deserves an even shot.” ## **What happened during the first two days of the funeral schedule?** On the morning of Jan. 4, the memorial services began as Carter’s remains were taken outside Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. Former Secret Service agents who had protected the late President served as pallbearers. Locals gathered outside the hospital to honor him, while members of the Carter family looked on as the flag-draped coffin of the former President was moved to the vehicle.  Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail move the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center on Jan. 4, 2025 in Americus, Georgia. Alex Brandon—Getty Images When Carter was taken through his hometown by motorcade, the procession took a “brief pause” at his boyhood home in front of his family’s farm in Archery, Georgia. There, the National Park Service saluted and rang a historic farm bell 39 times. The home is now a part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. As the motorcade rode through Plains, Georgians lined the streets, waving U.S. flags to pay their respects. The shop windows were filled with memorabilia of Carter. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann [spoke of how entrenched](https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1875563089736708342) in the everyday life of the town Carter had previously been and how his former neighbours came to pay their respects. “They’re the ones who would see Carter walking or riding his bike through town, and they’re the ones who…would call him ‘Mr. Jimmy,’ not ‘Mr. President,” he said.  Locals gather as the hearse containing the casket of former President Jimmy Carter departs the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm in Archery, Georgia, on Jan. 4, 2025. Alex Brandon—Getty Images **Read Mor**e: [_Jimmy Carter Was More Successful Than He Got Credit For_](https://time.com/5579674/jimmy-carter-dies/) The motorcade then headed to Atlanta to pause at the Georgia State Capitol for a moment of silence led by Gov. Brian Kemp and other state and local officials. From there, Carter’s casket was carried into the Carter Presidential Center, where a service took place, allowing Carter’s family and loved ones to pay tribute. Carter’s son, James Earl “Chip” Carter III, and his grandson, former Georgia State Senator Jason Carter, spoke at the service, honoring their patriarch. [Chip spoke about](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIz7Rqxv%5Ff0) the work ethic his father instilled in the family, his dedication to helping him in school, and the love he shared with his wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19, 2023. “He was an amazing man,” Chip said. “And he was held up and propped up and soothed by an amazing woman. And the two of them together changed the world. And it was an amazing thing to watch from so close and to be able to be involved.” Jason [paid tribute](https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2024/jason-carter-grandson-of-president-jimmy-carter/5129003) to his grandfather, as well as the legacy of The Carter Center. “While we mourn my grandfather's passing, I know in my heart, and you all do, that his legacy will live on not only because of the millions of people that he touched across the globe but very specifically because of your spirit and your knowledge and the work and the track record that you do every day,” Jason said.  Mourners view the casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in repose at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum on Jan. 5, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Alex Brandon-Pool—Getty Images After the service, the former President was lying in repose at The Carter Center, and members of the public arrived[ to pay their respects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGE4Dgiim1g). ## **What happens when Carter lies in state?** In the afternoon of Jan. 7, Carter was taken to the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. A horse-drawn caisson then took him to the U.S. Capitol. There, members of Congress were able to pay their respects during a service held in the Rotunda. Harris, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune “are scheduled to deliver brief eulogies and lay wreaths near Carter’s casket,” according to the [Atlanta Journal Constitution](https://www.ajc.com/politics/carter-service-at-us-capitol-delayed-by-weather-vp-harris-to-attend/QOPQYEO7TFCMFF5PM3MMJW4TM4/). 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