One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but Reagan was his prized candidate.

From Plains to Atlanta, mourners in Georgia will pay their respects to Jimmy Carter. The service begins six days of funeral events.

People line the road before the hearse with the casket of former President Jimmy Carter departs Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus ... Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton ...

Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

Following the state funeral in Washington, President Carter's remains will then be transported from the nation's capitol, back to Georgia, where a private ceremony will take place at Maranatha Baptist Church, the church in Plains where Carter taught Sunday school for years.

Carter’s state funeral is a six-day series of events allowing Georgians and the nation to pay their respects to the 39th U.S. president.

Watch Live as the state funeral for the 39th president begins Saturday. The former president died Dec. 29, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia.