A Guide to Funeral Services for Former President Jimmy Carter

WASHINGTON (AP) – Funeral services are being held former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, DC, beginning on Saturday, January 4th and concluding on Thursday, January 9th.

Here is a list of events provided by the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region. All times are Eastern Standard.

SATURDAY JAN. 4

The state funeral will begin with the Carter family arriving at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, at 10:15. Current and former Secret Service agents will carry Carter’s remains to the hearse and walk with the hearse as the motorcade leaves the medical center.

The motorcade then passes through Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, for a brief pause in front of his family’s farm at 10:50. During intermission, the National Park Service will ring the historic farm bell 39 times.

The motorcade to Atlanta resumes at 10.55. It will stop at the Georgia State Capitol for a moment of silence at 3 p.m. Carter’s remains will then be transported to the Carter Presidential Center for an arrival ceremony at 15.45 and service at 4 p.m. After the service he will lie in repose for mourners to pay their respects from

SUNDAY, JAN. 5-MONDAY JAN. 6

Carter continues to lie still.

TUESDAY JAN. 7

Carter leaves the Carter Presidential Center at 9.30. The late president and his family will then travel to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, at 10 a.m., where they board Special Air Mission 39 to travel to Washington at 10.40.

Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at 12:45 p.m., when Carter’s remains will be ceremoniously transferred to the hearse. Carter and his family will then leave by motorcade at 1:15 p.m. to the US Navy Memorial, where his remains will be transferred from the hearse to a horse-drawn caisson for a funeral procession to the US Capitol at 2 p.m

Upon arrival at the US Capitol, Carter will be carried by military pallbearers into the Rotunda, where members of Congress will pay their respects during a service at 6 p.m.

Carter will then lie in state while the military maintains an honor guard. The public is encouraged to show respect from 19.00 to midnight.

WEDNESDAY JAN. 8

Carter continues to lie to the state.

THURSDAY JAN. 9

Carter leaves the US Capitol at 9:00 a.m. The cortege then travels to the Washington National Cathedral for a brief arrival ceremony at 9.30, followed by the National Funeral Service at 10.

Following the conclusion of the service, Carter and his family will leave in a motorcade at 11:15 a.m. to Joint Base Andrews, where they board Special Air Mission 39 at 11:45.

Special Air Mission 39 arrives at Lawson Army Airfield at Fort Moore, Georgia, at 2 p.m., when Carter’s remains will be ceremoniously transferred to the hearse. Carter and his family then travel by motorcade to Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, arriving at 3:30 p.m., followed by a private burial at 15.45.

After the funeral service, the late president and his family leave in a cortege at 4:45 p.m. to the Carter residence for a private funeral at 17.20. The public is invited to line the cortege route through the Plains to Carter’s final resting place. Prior to the funeral, the U.S. Navy will conduct a missing man formation flyover to honor Carter’s naval service and time as commander in chief shortly after the cortege arrives at the residence.