Officials and community leaders gathered on Wednesday at the Plains Post Office to dedicate the Building to Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter. Postal officials held a ceremony and allowed family members to ...

Outside of the church and throughout plains, people lined the streets. They waved flags and signs in honor of the president. Shenita James traveled from Parrot, Georgia to pay her respects.

The motorcade carrying former President Carter’s casket and his family is arriving at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

Only Carter’s closest kin attended a funeral at the small, local Maranatha Baptist Church, where Carter taught Sunday school from 1981 to 2019.

People are seen outside a prayer service for former President Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church on Monday December 30, 2024 in Plains, GA. The town is the home of former President Jimmy ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s body has been returned to Plains for a funeral and burial in his GA hometown next to his wife Rosalynn Carter.

Former President Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school at a modest church in his hometown of Plains for more than 40 years. On Jan. 9, it will host a final farewell service for the former president.

Valley couple recounts fond memories of their encounter with Carters at Plains church News Jan 2, 2025 Sean Barron Correspondent ...

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown on Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Before ...

When the Carters left the White House in 1981, having had enough of the lingering racial tensions at Plains Baptist Church, they transferred to nearby Maranatha Baptist Church, Balmer said.