The local Democratic party organized the event to commemorate the 39th president’s life and legacy. A former pastor and state senate candidate, Lee Dotson, attended the remembrance. He ran for office in South Georgia and met President Carter several times, witnessing Carter’s campaign strategy up close.

Jimmy Carter was in office from 1977 until 1981, but it was his life outside the White House that has continued to speak volumes

These events will all take place around the weekend as the nation says goodbye to the late president during a national day of mourning.

Jimmy Carter has been remembered at his funeral as a man of “character” and “something of a miracle” with “prophetic” vision

Jimmy Carter, the late U.S. president who served only one term in office and was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.

As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter's funeral. For a service that stretched more than an hour,