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WASHINGTON — Planning is underway for the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter , who died Sunday at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977 and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
He died at his home in Plains, Georgia, coming up on two years after entering hospice care, When is Carter's funeral? President Joe Biden has scheduled a state funeral in Washington for former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday, Jan. 9. Further details about the funeral and public memorials have yet to be released, as of early Monday morning.
Biden also declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning across the U.S.
Carter, the longest-lived former president, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100. Biden also ordered U.
S. flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days from Sunday. That means that flags will be flown at half-staff during President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan.
20. "I also direct that, for the same length of time, the representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag at half staff over their embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations," Biden announced. At age 52, Carter was sworn in as president on Jan.
20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. Carter left office on Jan.
20, 1981, following his 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan..
