People living in Plains, Georgia are remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter after he was laid to rest Thursday.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter lived in the same house in Plains, Georgia from 1961 until their deaths. After Jimmy Carter lost his bid for reelection, he and wife Rosalynn Carter returned to their hometown of Plains, Georgia, where they moved back into the only home they ever owned, located at 209 Woodland Drive.

Jimmy Carter made a final trip home to Plains, to be buried near the modest house he shared with his wife Rosalynn for more than six decades.

Former President Jimmy Carter’s long public goodbye began Saturday in Georgia, where he died this week at the age of 100.

“After Friday we are just going to start settling back down and getting back to some type of normal,” said Lynton Earl Godwin, who is known around town as “Boze” and served as the mayor of Plains for 38 years until he retired last January. “The town has been anticipating this, and President Carter was anticipating it also.”

Former President Jimmy Carter has been laid to rest at his home in Plains, Georgia. The beloved former president is being buried underneath a willow tree on the property of his Plains home next to his beloved wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023.

Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia ... part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park. The National Park Service rang the old farm ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Jimmy Carter has been laid to rest at his home in Plains, Georgia ... 6:20 p.m. - Members of the National Park Service recognized Pastor Tony Lowden also ...

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady source of tourism.

Jimmy Carter, the first former American president to live to 100, arrived back in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Before the trip home, the former president was memorialized at Washington National Ca

WTVM News Leader 9 honors the life and legacy of Former President Jimmy Carter with special coverage from his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

PLAINS, Ga. - Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried on Thursday after two ceremonies celebrating his life in Washington, D.C. and in Georgia. For nearly a week, remembrances of the only Georgian to reach the country's top office have taken place across the Peach State and in the nation's capital.