Wreath laying ceremony at a statue of Rosalynn Carter.Photo:JOHN BAZEMORE/POOL/AFP via Getty
JOHN BAZEMORE/POOL/AFP via Getty
Rosalynn Carterwill lie in repose on Tuesday evening amida series of public and private eventsin Georgia that will end with her burial at the Plains residence she called home since 1961.
On Monday, ceremonies began with a wreath-laying at Georgia Southwestern State University’s Rosalynn Carter Health and Human Sciences Complex. The motorcade accompanying Rosalynn made stops at at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, where past and current members of her Secret Service detail escorted the hearse.
The former first lady was then taken to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, where members of the public are invited to pay respects while she lies in repose from 6 to 10 p.m.
Former and current US Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail, carry casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on November 27, 2023.ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty
ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, the Carter motorcade will move to Emory University’s Glenn Memorial Church for a private tribute service, and on Wednesday, Nov. 28, a formal funeral service for family and friends will take place at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.
The public is welcomed to line the family’s motorcade route after the funeral service before she is privately interred at the Carter family’s residence, near the home she and President Carter built more than 60 years ago.
In lieu of flowers, the Carter family is requesting that those interested consider contributing to the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program or the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers.
The motorcade of Rosalynn Carter.ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty
Jimmy, who terminated medical intervention in February amid his own health challenges at the age of 99,remains in hospice care at home.
PresidentJoe Bidensigned a proclamation last Tuesday ordering all U.S. flags to be lowered to half-staff beginning Nov. 25 “as a mark of respect for the memory” for the former first lady.
In a statement, Biden, 81, said that flags will be flown at half-staff “at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government.”
source: people.com
