PHOTOS: Carter funeral procession starts today

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PHOTOS: Carter funeral procession starts today

President Jimmy Carter's funeral processon starts today from Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. The motorcade will go through Plains to his boyhood home in Archery before making its way to Atlanta to the Carter Presidential Center, where he will lie in repose until Tuesday.

The hearse for former President Jimmy Carter passes through Plains in a motorcade on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

A family solemnly pays their respects as President Jimmy Carter is carried to his hearse outside the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Past and present agents from the U.S. Secret Service—Carter Protective Division carry the casket containing President Jimmy Carter’s remains out of Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, January 4, 2025. This event began a series of open-to-the-public ceremonies celebrating the former president’s life and legacy.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Past and present agents in charge from the U.S. Secret Service – Carter Protective Division serve as pallbearers, carrying President Jimmy Carter’s remains to the hearse outside the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, January 4, 2025. This marks the beginning of public ceremonies celebrating the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Past and present agents in charge of the U.S. Secret Service—Carter Protective Division pay their respects with a final goodbye outside Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, January 4, 2025. This will mark the start of public ceremonies celebrating the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

People stand by Hway 280 outside the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center to pay their respects for the final goodbye to President Jimmy Carter as his hearse leaves with the motorcade en route to Plains, Georgia, on Saturday, 4, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

People wave American flags as the Carter family’s motorcade arrives at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, January 4, 2025. This marks the start of public ceremonies celebrating the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Mourners watch the motorcade for former President Jimmy Carter pass through Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

The motorcade for former President Jimmy Carter passes through Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

Gibson Ellis and his daughter Mary Pope Ellis, 4, of Auburn, Alabama wait for former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral motorcade to pass through Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

Mourners wait for former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral motorcade to pass through Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

NPS employees, based out of Sumter County, salute the hearse carrying former president Jimmy Carter as the motorcade stops in front of the Boyhood Farm, where President Carter grew up, Saturday, January 4, 2025, Plains, GA. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

Karen Barry and Randy Dillard, longest serving NPS Plains staffers, ring the farm bell 39 times as the motorcade of former president Jimmy Carter stops in front of the Boyhood Farm, where President Carter grew up, Saturday, January 4, 2025, Plains, GA. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

NPS employees, based out of Sumter County, stand in formation as the motorcade of former president Jimmy Carter stops in front of the Boyhood Farm, where President Carter grew up, Saturday, January 4, 2025, Plains, GA. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

National Historical Park Superintendent Jill Stuckey and other NPS employees, based out of Sumter County, salute the hearse carrying former president Jimmy Carter as the motorcade stops in front of the Boyhood Farm, where President Carter grew up, Saturday, January 4, 2025, Plains, GA. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

(L-R) Dyson Smith and Kardyn Taylor wait for former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral motorcade to pass through Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

The motorcade of former president Jimmy Carter arrives at the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm for a brief pause in front of the family farm, where President Carter grew up, Saturday, January 4, 2025, Plains, GA. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

Mourners wait for former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral motorcade to pass through Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

Mugsy Reynolds becomes emotional during a vigil in honor of former President Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, after a motorcade including a hearse carrying Carter’s casket went through town. The motorcade then headed to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

People placed American flags outside the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center as they paid their respects for a final goodbye to President Jimmy Carter. His hearse left with the motorcade en route to Plains, Georgia, on Saturday, February 4, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Mourners wait for former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral motorcade to pass through Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

Mourners light a candle in honor of former President Jimmy Carter at a vigil at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, after a motorcade including a hearse carrying Carter’s casket went through town. The motorcade then headed to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

Larrietta Elliotte and her son Reed, 14, sit in silence during a vigil in honor of former President Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, after a motorcade including a hearse carrying Carter’s casket went through town. The motorcade then headed to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

A worker at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center hands American flags to people as they arrive for the tribute to President Jimmy Carter. This event is the starting point of a series of public ceremonies honoring his life and legacy on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

A person looks at a memorial dedicated to President Jimmy Carter outside of the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, as they arrive to pay their respect on Saturday, January 4, 2025. This event is the starting point of a series of public ceremonies honoring his life and legacy on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

People placed American flags outside the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center as they paid their respects for a final goodbye to President Jimmy Carter. His hearse left with the motorcade en route to Plains, Georgia, on Saturday, February 4, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

The Sumter County Firefighters displayed a large American flag outside the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus on Saturday, January 4, 2025, just moments before the motorcade carrying President Jimmy Carter’s family arrived.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

People wave American flags for the final goodbye to President Jimmy Carter as his hearse leaves the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
(Miguel Martinez/AJC)

Mourners sit in silence in honor of former President Jimmy Carter at a vigil at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains on Saturday, January 4, 2025, after a motorcade including a hearse carrying Carter’s casket went through town. The motorcade then headed to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

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Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com

The hearse for former President Jimmy Carter passes through Plains in a motorcade on Saturday, January 4, 2025, following his death earlier this week. The procession will then head to Atlanta where Carter will lie repose at the Carter Center. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

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