Funeral procession heads to Carters’ family home
After concluding his eulogy, Pastor Tony Lowden asked everyone to stand and join in singing “Amazing Grace.”
The song “Imagine,” written by John Lennon, was played on the piano as the service ended.
Rosalynn Carter’s casket was then carried out of the church as her family followed and lined up behind the hearse.
The long procession of cars left Maranatha and headed toward the Carters’ home for a private burial.
N. Bond Street in Plains was lined with uniformed members of various law enforcement agencies from across South Georgia, including rangers from the National Park Service stationed at the Jimmy Carter site down the street. Shortly after noon, they started spreading out, facing the crowd, creating separation between the street and the sidewalk.
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Martha Dalton is a journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, writing about K-12 education. She was previously a senior education reporter at WABE, Atlanta's NPR affiliate. Before that, she was a general assignment reporter at CNN Radio. Martha has worked in media for more than 20 years. She taught elementary school in a previous life.
Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
