The United States recently bid farewell to former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024. A state funeral was held at the Washington National Cathedral, bringing together all living U.

Jimmy Carter, first former American president to live to 100, was eulogized at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday morning and will be remembered before a second service and burial back in his Georgia hometown of Plains.

Mourners look at the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state in the Capitol on Jan. 7 in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Andrew Harnik/The Associate

The United States bid final farewell on Thursday to its longest-serving former president, Jimmy Carter, who died aged 100, in a solemn state funeral attended by President Joe Biden and all the country's living former leaders,

In the town of Plains, Georgia, President Jimmy Carter was affectionally referred to as “Mr. Jimmy.” Everybody in the tiny town was related to or knew him personally. Never before has a president devoted so much of himself to his hometown both before and after his presidency.