{"id":2388783,"date":"2025-01-10T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-president-jimmy-carter-arrives-in-plains-georgia-one-last-time-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:49:11","slug":"former-president-jimmy-carter-arrives-in-plains-georgia-one-last-time-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-president-jimmy-carter-arrives-in-plains-georgia-one-last-time-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Plains, Georgia one last time &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-president-jimmy-carter-arrives-in-plains-georgia-one-last-time-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Jimmy Carter recently returned\u200d to his hometown of \u200dPlains, Georgia, marking his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facing-complex-moments-of-temptation-is-what-makes-better-call-saul-characters-authentic\/\" title=\"Facing Complex Moments Of Temptation Is What Makes \u2018Better Call Saul\u2019 Characters Authentic\">final journey<\/a> home. As the first American president to reach \u200d100 years of age, Carter&#8217;s passing was commemorated with a ceremony at Washington National Cathedral before his remains\u2064 were transported\u2063 to Georgia. Upon\u2063 arrival at Lawson \u2064Army Airfield, he\u200c received a military \u2064honors farewell, including a\u200c 21-gun\u2063 salute. \u2064A motorcade took \u200dCarter&#8217;s\u200b remains through Plains, where supporters lined the streets, waving American flags. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-honor-fallen-marine-lance-cpl-jared-schmitz\/\" title=\"Thousands honor fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz\">private <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memorial-service-held-for-slain-fbi-agent-in-fla\/\" title=\"Memorial service held for slain FBI agent in Fla.\">funeral service<\/a><\/a> \u2063took\u2064 place at \u200cMaranatha Baptist Church, attended by family, close friends,\u200c and former presidents who \u200chonored his\u200b legacy. The service \u2063featured a \u201cMissing Man\u201d flyover by the U.S. Navy, acknowledging his naval service. \u2062The church&#8217;s pastor spoke \u2064of the emotional toll on the Carter\u200c family and reflected on\u200c the values\u2063 of equality, justice, and humility that Carter\u200d and his wife Rosalynn promoted throughout their lives. Carter is set\u200b to\u2062 be\u2062 laid to rest in the community where he was born and cherished.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Plains, Georgia one last time<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1932032\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Jimmy Carter, the first former American president to live to 100, arrived back in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Before the trip home, the former president was memorialized at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday morning before Special Air Mission 39 at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland took his casket on its final journey.<\/p>\n<p>A short ceremony concluded the former president&rsquo;s final flight from Washington, including the artillery salute during the hymn &ldquo;O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee,&rdquo; played by the U.S. Air Force Band.<\/p>\n<p>Carter&rsquo;s remains, family, and guests arrived at Lawson Army Airfield in Fort Moore, Georgia, where they were greeted with a military guard band and a 21-gun salute.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secret Service members who remained close to the Carter family were also at the airfield.<\/p>\n<p>His remains were transferred to a hearse for a motorcade in preparation for his final drive to his beloved hometown.<\/p>\n<p>The former president will be laid to rest in Plains, Georgia, where he was born in 1924 and remained a place he and his wife admired.<\/p>\n<p>Before arriving at Maranatha Baptist Church for a private funeral service, bystanders of all ages were seen lining the streets of Plains to show their affection. Many were waving American flags.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after arriving at the church, the U.S. Navy conducted a &ldquo;Missing Man&rdquo; formation flyover to honor Carter&rsquo;s naval service and his time as commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p>Carter&rsquo;s living successors and close friends filled the church where he was a longtime member and taught Sunday school for years, which his grandson Jason labeled &ldquo;his longest job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maranatha Baptist Church&rsquo;s pastor, Ashley Gutha, started the service by addressing the long days the Carter families have endured, and leading in prayer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Exhaustion has been an unwelcome companion for days. Our eyesight is blurry, our emotions frail, and our steps feel unsteady,&rdquo; said Gutha.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, &ldquo;Seeds of equality, justice, humility, and freedom were planted by President Carter and Rosalynn, and they are now ours to tend here in Plains, in the United States, and in the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The intimate service was officiated by the family&rsquo;s personal pastor, Tony Lowden.<\/p>\n<p>Lowden began the service and led those attending in prayer, asking for comfort for the family and those who knew him. He said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a long ride.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lowden commented that Carter was a man of faith, courage, and conviction. He came into office in the 1970s when the country was divided politically.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It sounds like we&rsquo;re there today,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In what Lowden called &ldquo;true Jimmy Carter fashion,&rdquo; he said it was only fitting that the former president passed right before the country underwent a transition of Congress and right before an inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the late president is still teaching Americans a lesson on faith and hope, urging people to live their lives by the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Lowden reminded everyone of the four questions that Carter always asked him: &ldquo;Where have you been? What have you done? Who have you helped? And how can I help you?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I imagined that last Sunday when God opened up the doors and said, &lsquo;Jimmy, come on home,&rsquo; that there was an angel in the back, ringing the bell 39 times,&rdquo; Lowden said.<\/p>\n<p>Lowden ended the sermon by saying, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t let his legacy die. Don&rsquo;t let this nation die. Let faith and hope be our guardrails.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Calling out Carter&rsquo;s caregivers, Lowden asked them to stand for applause from the family, acknowledging what they had done for him and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">making life worth living<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The church members in attendance were also called to stand for applause as the pastor thanked them for making life pleasant for Carter in their church home.<\/p>\n<p>After the funeral service, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-carter-honored-at-capitol-for-his-humility-modesty-and-grace\/\" title=\"Jimmy Carter honored at Capitol for his &#039;humility, modesty, and grace\u2019\">late president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s body and his family traveled once more by motorcade to the Carter residence, passing many still gathered in the streets despite the cold weather to say farewell.<\/p>\n<p>He will be laid to rest beside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, who passed in November 2023, under a willow tree at their home.<\/p>\n<p>The Carters left their house to the National Park Service, of which he was a devoted supporter.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/jica\/planyourvisit\/basicinfo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jimmy Carter National Historical Park<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is a tribute to Carter and his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>It encompasses several locations associated with his life, including his childhood home and farm, the high school he and Rosalynn attended, their home, and the railroad depot used as his headquarters for his presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_bd954b4a-ce9d-11ef-a080-3ff2861a7109.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Several political leaders, family, and admirers<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;had gathered at the Cathedral this morning in Washington to celebrate the former President&rsquo;s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The attendees included five living presidents: Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, George W. 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