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An In Memorium button for former President Jimmy Carter is seen inside the Plains Trading Post, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, in Plains, Ga. Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world

By Russ Bynum, Sharon Johnson and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

FILE - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter poses for photographers with a water pipe filter, that is used to combat guinea worm disease, during a news conference to mark the launch of a campaign to eradicate the disease in central London, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission

By Russ Bynum and SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, and Delaware Gov. Sherman Tribbitt say hello to Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron, left, following a rain canceled game with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27, 1973. (AP Photo, File)

Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the U.S. and the world since 1924

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter works with other volunteers on site during the first day of the weeklong Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, their 35th work project with Habitat for Humanity, in Mishawaka, Ind. Carter turns 95 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP, File)

A concert and 30 new homes mark Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday and long legacy of giving

By Thalia Beaty and Glenn Gamboa - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, right, and Delaware Gov. Sherman Tribbitt say hello to Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron, left, following a rain canceled game with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27, 1973. (AP Photo, File)

Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for the U.S., a president and the world since 1924

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

People wait in line ahead of a "Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song," concert at the Fox Theatre, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Atlanta. Former President Carter turns 100-years old on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

As Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, a musical gala celebrates the ‘rock-and-roll president’

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

This combination of photos shows former President Donald Trump in New York, April 23, 2024, from left, President Joe Biden in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024, and former President Jimmy Carter, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. Trump is running against Biden, but Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, keeps bringing up Carter. Trump likes to cite the 99-year-old former president as a measuring stick to belittle Biden. (AP Photo)

Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden. But he keeps bringing up another Democrat: Jimmy Carter

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife former First Lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. In the year since Jimmy Carter first entered home hospice care, the 39th president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and outlived his wife of 77 years. Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023 after suffering from dementia, spent just a few days under hospice. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

A year after Jimmy Carter’s entered hospice care, advocates hope his endurance drives awareness

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, Prigozhin's rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded on Aug 23, 2023. (AP Photo, file)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2023

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

James "Chip" Carter kisses the casket during a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rosalynn Carter is eulogized before family and friends as husband Jimmy bears silent witness

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

James "Chip" Carter kisses his father, former President Jimmy Carter, after speaking during a tribute service for his mother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta, as Amy Carter, left, looks on. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy

By Bill Barrow and Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

The casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter is covered with a flower arrangement during a repose service at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool)

Jimmy Carter set to lead presidents, first ladies in mourning and celebrating Rosalynn Carter

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

FILE - Former first lady Rosaylnn Carter smiles during an interview at the Carter Center in Atlanta, June 13, 2006. Carter will make her final journey to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, as her family begins three days of memorials for the former first lady and global humanitarian who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

Rosalynn Carter tributes will highlight her reach as first lady, humanitarian and small-town Baptist

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2018, file photo former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter are seen ahead of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals in Atlanta. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been best friends and life mates for nearly 80 years. Now with the former first lady's death at age 96, the former president must adjust to life without the woman who he credits as his equal partner in everything he accomplished in politics and as a global humanitarian after their White House years. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best friends and life mates

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses the Institute of Medicine report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm: Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders," during the 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at the Carter Center, Nov. 3, 2005, in Atlanta. Health care experts say the advocacy of Carter, who died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96, created a framework for much of the progress on mental illness in America. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

Rosalynn Carter’s advocacy for mental health was rooted in compassion and perseverance

By Holly Ramer - Associated Press

Brianna Cook, of Macon, Ga., looks at a display inside the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Rosalynn Carter’s tiny hometown mourns a global figure who made many contributions at home

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter listens to a speaker at The Carter Center in Atlanta on April 6, 2011. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jason Bronis, File)

Reactions to the death of Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and global humanitarian

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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter arrives with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, left, for an annual Carter Town Hall held at Emory University, Sept. 18, 2019, in Atlanta. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

A timeline of key moments from former first lady Rosalynn Carter’s 96 years

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Former President Jimmy Carter, right, and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, wave to the audience at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 25, 2008. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies

By Bill Barrow and Michael Warren - Associated Press