Funeral for former President Jimmy Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown. Coverage will begin at 8:45 a.m. on WDIO and streaming here.

President Joe Biden, who was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s 1976 campaign, will give the eulogy. All of Carter’s living successors are expected to attend the Washington funeral.

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NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING: President Joe Biden has named Thursday, January 9 as a national day of mourning. Flags will be displayed a half-staff on government buildings. All federal offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Stock Market. Post offices will also be closed on Thursday.

Thursday will conclude six days of national rites that began in Plains, Georgia, where Carter was born in 1924, lived most of his life and died after 22 months in hospice care. Ceremonies continued in Atlanta and Washington, where Carter, a former Naval officer, engineer and peanut farmer, has lain in state since Tuesday.

After the morning service in Washington, Carter’s remains, his four children and extended family will return to Georgia on a Boeing 747 that serves as Air Force One when the sitting president is aboard.