The rural town of Plains, Ga., pop. 600, was astir early Wednesday with law enforcement, volunteers and news reporters ahead of the funeral and burial service of former first lady Rosalynn Carter.

Jason Carter Tweeted that he saw both his grandparents, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter on Saturday, ... He spent his more than four decades after the White House in Plains, Georgia.

PLAINS, Ga. — With her frail husband as a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends Wednesday at her funeral in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy ...

As Jimmy Carter neared his 16th month in hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, his grandson, Jason Carter, said that there’s “really been no change” in the former president’s condition.

Grandson Jason Carter, speaks during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Ben Curtis / AP ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on April 28, 2019.

An In Memorium button for former President Jimmy Carter is seen inside the Plains Trading Post, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, in Plains, Ga. Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100.

The casket will be placed on a plane to return to Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, for a private service. The 39th president, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, ... Jason Carter said.

He entered hospice care in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, just over a year ago. He also mourned the loss of his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who passed away last November at age 96.

Grandson Jason Carter, ... People wait in line outside Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., to get into a Sunday school class taught by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Aug. 23, 2015.

But he was a resident of Plains, Georgia, for 99,” his grandson, Jason Carter, said. “And that is, fundamentally, who he is.” “He was only president for four years.

The Carters put Plains, Ga., a town of fewer than 700 people — not much bigger than when Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924 — on the world stage.