Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that

The nation celebrated Jimmy Carter, the religious man who truly practiced what he preached, with final ceremonies Thursday. The services in Washington on Thursday were reflections and solemn tributes,

As the 39th president is eulogized at Washington National Cathedral, Biden tells mourners his long-ago predecessor “taught me ... the strength of character.”

After the funeral, Carter will return to Georgia to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter. After Carter's family disembarked the plane, his casket was carried from the plane and transferred to the hearse.

On Jan. 9, after a long journey through Georgia and up to Washington, D.C., former president Jimmy Carter finally returns to Plains, Ga. for a hometown funeral.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral and later by private family services and interment in Plains, Georgia.