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 school.

Jimmy Carter made a final trip home to Plains, to be buried near the modest house he shared with his wife Rosalynn for more than six decades.

As Jimmy Carter was taken to his Plains, Georgia home to be buried on Jan. 9, 2025, fans and admirers lined the streets to say goodbye and pay their final respects as his motorcade passed through.