Former President Jimmy Carter will have a state funeral on January 9th, coinciding with a national day of mourning declared by President Biden. Biden is expected to deliver the eulogy for Carter, who died at the age of 100 on Sunday, January 1st. Maranatha Baptist Church, where Carter was a member, will hold a prayer vigil on Monday evening.
Former President Jimmy Carter’s official state funeral will be held Jan. 9, the same day of a national day of mourning announced by President Joe Biden on Sunday. Biden is expected to deliver a eulogy for the former president. Carter, the 39th U.S. president and the first to reach age 100, died Sunday. He had been in hospice care since February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he lived with his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter . The former first lady died Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96.
Maranatha Baptist Church, where the former president was a member and taught Sunday school for many years, will hold a prayer vigil Monday evening. Biden said in remarks last year that Carter had asked him to deliver the eulogy at his funeral before catching himself and adding, “Excuse me, I shouldn’t say that.” Carter and Biden fostered a close relationship over many decades, with Carter, a former governor of Georgia, telling how Biden supported him when he ran for president. In recorded remarks during the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Carter announced his support for then-candidate Biden, saying, “When I ran for president in 1976, Joe Biden was my first and most effective supporter in the Senate.” He added, “For decades, he has been my loyal and dedicated friend.” For Carter’s 100th birthday in October, Biden recognized him with a direct-to-camera birthday message shared with CBS News, saying: “Mr. President, you’ve always been a moral force for our nation and the world. I recognized that as a young senator. That’s why I supported you so early. You’re a voice of courage, conviction, compassion, and most of all, a beloved friend of Jill and me and our family.” The president and first lady Jill Biden visited Carter in April 2021, soon after Biden took office, spending almost an hour with the 39th president and his wif
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