While his home was always in the small Georgia town, Atlanta gave him the opportunities to cement a political and humanitarian legacy.

The state funeral began Saturday in Americus, Georgia and proceeded to Carter's hometown of Plains before the motorcade traveled to Atlanta for a ceremony at the Carter Center. On Tuesday, Carter's remains arrived in Washington, D.C., where he lied in ...

Michael Tropp has met seven presidents and visited all 39 presidential gravesites. This presidential history buff just paid his respects to Jimmy Carter.

Former President Jimmy Carter may have only served one term as governor, but he left his mark in many ways before leaving for Washington, even literally. With a pencil, Carter signed the desk in the governor’s ceremonial office,

The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will conclude on Thursday with services in Washington, D.C. and his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

ATLANTA — The mythology of Jimmy Carter begins and ends in Plains, the small Georgia town that raised him and kept drawing him back. Yet roughly 150 miles away is Atlanta, a city just as ...

Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens were set to ... from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the global stage as a humanitarian and advocate for democracy.

While the funeral of Former President Jimmy Carter marked the end of his remarkable story, that story will live on.

I had relatives in Atlanta, so I had an interest in hearing what the man ... It is important to remember Carter’s accomplishments. The man from Plains, Georgia, was honored with a funeral service. We can all take a lesson from his fine example.

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady source of tourism.

James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in the tiny Sumter County town of Plains in southwest Georgia, where he grew up on a peanut ... Carl Sanders, said in a 2014 interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, adding that Carter “hoodwinked ...

Mattie Wright, a 73-year-old Albany resident, visited Plains Thursday to honor the late president’s push for racial equality — a lesson Jimmy Carter instilled in his son, Chip. Wright attended Georgia Southwestern University with Chip in the early 1970s. He used to talk with Wright and other Black students at the university’s student center.