Jimmy Carter’s six-day state funeral begins in Georgia

Jimmy Carter’s funeral proceedings began Saturday in Americus, Georgia, at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.

After the casket was loaded into the hearse by current and former Secret Service agents who protected the late president, the funeral motorcade went through Plains, where Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924.

After that, the motorcade stopped by the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park and also Carter’s boyhood home. Then, the motorcade traveled to Atlanta where it paused for a moment of silence outside the Georgia Capitol.

Finally, the motorcade arrived at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum where a service was held and where Carter will lie in repose until Tuesday morning. At that point, he will be transported to Washington to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. His state funeral is Thursday at 10 a.m. at Washington National Cathedral.