Three days of tributes to late first lady Rosalynn Carter began Monday — with the Georgian beginning her final journey carried by the man sworn to protect her.
Current and former Secret Service agents assigned to Carter’s detail carried his casket to a waiting hearse outside Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., 10 miles east of his hometown of Plains.
After a brief wreath-laying ceremony at his alma mater, Georgia Southwestern State University, the entourage traveled to Atlanta, where Carter will rest Monday afternoon at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.
Rosalynn Carter died on November 19 at the age of 96, two days after her family announced she had joined her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, in hospice care.
Jimmy Carter, 99, is expected to attend a memorial service in honor of his late wife Tuesday afternoon, a representative of the Carter Center told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Jimmy Carter is expected to attend a memorial service for his wife. AP
The service will also be attended by President Biden and first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second man Doug Emhoff, and former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Three other former first ladies – Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump – are also expected to attend.
After the Atlanta service, Carter’s remains will be returned to Plains, where a private funeral will be held Wednesday.
Former and current US Secret Service agents assigned to Carter’s detail carried the casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Children of former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter. AP
“Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Jimmy Carter said in a statement announcing his wife’s death.
“He gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew someone loved and supported me.”
Carter and the former Rosalynn Smith have been married for 77 years, the longest married first couple in American history.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter tied the knot in 1946. REUTERS They are the longest married couple in presidential history. Getty Images Amy Carter and her husband, James Wentzel, participate in a wreath-laying ceremony for Rosalynn Carter on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University. POOL/AFP via Getty Images The man walks next to the hearse carrying the coffin of former first lady Rosalynn Carter. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Crowds stand behind Rosalynn’s statue at Georgia Southwestern State University. AP
Last week, the White House ordered US flags at official posts to be flown at half-staff starting Saturday and continuing through Wednesday.
The official White House portrait of the former first lady has also been adorned with black crepe.
“First Lady Rosalynn Carter traveled her own path, inspiring the nation and the world along the way,” the president and first lady said in a statement last week.
Carter will be laid to rest Monday afternoon at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Universal Pictures Group via Getty Images The White House honors the former first lady. Reuters
“Throughout her remarkable life as First Lady of Georgia and First Lady of the United States, Rosalynn did much to address many of the community’s greatest needs,” they continued.
Rosalynn Carter has become an advocate for mental health support and joins her husband in fighting for humanitarian causes.
She is survived by Jimmy Carter, their four children, and 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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