Jimmy Carter funeral schedule | wcnc.com

WASHINGTON — The funeral plans for former President Jimmy Carter have been announced.

The funeral processions for Carter, who died at his home in Plains on Sunday at the age of 100, will begin on Saturday, Jan. 4, in his hometown of Plains and then head to Atlanta.

Included among the major stops along his funeral procession route: A stop at his boyhood farm, a motorcade to Atlanta, a pause at the Georgia State Capitol, a service at the Carter Presidential Center, public viewings in both Atlanta and Washington, a funeral procession in Washington, a service at the U.S. Capitol, a National Funeral Service at Washington National Cathedral, and a private service and internment in Plains, Georgia.

Carter will be laid to rest in his hometown of Plains on Jan. 9. President Biden also announced he appointed Jan. 9, 2025, as a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States.

Saturday, Jan. 4: The state funeral will begin with the arrival of the Carter Family at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, at 10:15 a.m. Current and former Special Agents in Charge from the United States Secret Service will carry his remains to the hearse and walk alongside it as the motorcade leaves the medical center.

The motorcade will then travel through Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia to his boyhood home for a brief pause in front of his family’s farm at 10:50 a.m. During the pause, the National Park Service will salute the late president and ring the historic farm bell 39 times. His final journey to Atlanta will begin at 10:55 a.m. 

As the motorcade arrives in Atlanta, it will stop at Georgia’s State Capitol for a moment of silence by Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Mayor of Atlanta Andre Dickens, members of the Georgia Legislature, and Georgia State Patrol Troopers at 3 p.m. 

Carter’s remains will then be transported to the Carter Presidential Center for an arrival ceremony at 3:45 p.m. and service at 4 p.m. Following the service, he will lie in repose for mourners to come and pay their respects from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Sunday, Jan. 5 – Monday, Jan. 6: The late president continues to lie in repose until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The public is invited to pay their respects throughout this time.

Tuesday, Jan. 7: Carter will depart the Carter Presidential Center one last time with a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. The late president and his family then travel to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, at 10 a.m., where they will board Special Air Mission 39 to travel to Washington at 10:40 a.m. 

Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland at 12:45 p.m., where Carter’s remains will be transferred with a ceremony to the hearse. Carter and his family will then travel by motorcade at 1:15 p.m. to the U.S. Navy Memorial, where his remains will be transferred from the hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for a funeral procession up to the U.S. Capitol at 2 p.m. 

Upon arrival at the U.S. Capitol, the late president is carried by military body bearers into the Rotunda, where members of Congress will pay their respects during a service at 3 p.m. Carter will then lie in state while the military maintains a guard of honor. The public is invited to pay their respects as he lies in state from 7 p.m. to midnight.

Wednesday, Jan. 8: The late president continues to lie in state while the military maintains a guard of honor. The public is invited to pay their respects from 7 a.m. on Jan. 8., until 7 a.m. on Jan. 9.

Thursday, Jan. 9: Carter will depart the U.S. Capitol with a ceremony for his last time at 9 a.m. The motorcade will then travel to Washington National Cathedral for a brief arrival ceremony at 9:30 a.m., followed by the National Funeral Service at 10 a.m. Upon conclusion of the service, Carter and his family will travel by motorcade at 11:15 a.m. to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland where they will board Special Air Mission 39 at 11:45 a.m. for his final journey home to Georgia.

Special Air Mission 39 will arrive at Lawson Army Airfield on Fort Moore, Georgia at 2 p.m., where Carter’s remains will be transferred with a ceremony to the hearse. Carter and his family then travel by motorcade to Maranatha Baptist Church, Plains, arriving at 3:30 p.m., followed by a private funeral service at 3:45 p.m.

After the funeral service, the late president and his family will travel by motorcade at 4:45 p.m. to the Carter residence for a private interment at 5:20 p.m. The public is invited to line the motorcade route as Carter and his family travel through his beloved hometown of Plains, Georgia to the late president’s final resting place. 

Prior to interment, the U.S. Navy will conduct a missing man formation flyover in honor of former President Carter’s naval service and time as commander-in-chief shortly after the motorcade’s arrival at the residence.