At his modest ranch home, the 39th president was surrounded by a close knit circle of support of friends and family.

Visitors continue to pour into the small town of Plains to say their final goodbyes to former President Jimmy Carter.

By Rick Rojas Christina Morales and Christian Boone Reporting from Plains, Ga. The Georgia town known first and foremost as the home of Jimmy Carter had steeled itself time and again for an ...

Carter’s body arrived for a second, more intimate service at Maranatha Baptist Church late Thursday afternoon, a small congregation on the outskirts of Plains, Georgia, where he long taught Sunday ...

After this morning's service in Washington D.C., the former president's casket has arrived back home in Plains.

Among the invited guests to the private service include Carter's family, members of the Maranatha Baptist Church and Plains-area family and friends of the Carter's.

PLAINS, Ga. — Johnny Jones found out about Jimmy Carter's death within a ... married and spent most of their lives. Rosalynn ...

Carter, who served as president from January 1977 until January 1981, was a former peanut farmer from Plains, GA ... home more than 10 years before Carter became president. Former President Jimmy ...

On Jan. 9, after a long journey through Georgia and up to Washington, D.C., former president Jimmy Carter finally returns to Plains, Ga. for a hometown funeral.