The Jimmy Carter National Historical Park on Friday released the first public photos of the 39th president’s final resting place.

The only Georgian ever to be elected to the White House, Carter is buried in Plains next to former first lady Rosalynn Carter, his wife of 77 years. The former president died at 100 on Dec. 29 after nearly two years in home hospice care. She passed away in 2023 at 96.

The graves are on the Carters’ property, outside the modest ranch bungalow the couple had shared since 1961 in their southwest Georgia hometown of barely more than 500 residents.

On Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday, crowds gathered in Plains, Georgia to celebrate.

Their gravestones are surrounded by a memorial garden the former first lady designed, the park said on Facebook, and they overlook a pond the Carters built and fished.

“Their burial markers are modeled after the simplicity of Richard and Patricia Nixon’s markers,” the park added in its post.

A National Park Service spokesperson said in January that plans were underway to open the grounds of the Carters’ home to the public as early as this summer. Opening the home for tours, he said, would happen afterward.

The Jimmy Carter National Historical Park on Friday released photos of the 39th president’s gravestone. The only Georgian ever to be elected to the White House, Carter is buried in Plains next to his beloved wife of 77 years, former first lady Rosalynn Carter. He died at 100 on Dec. 29 after nearly two years in home hospice care. She passed away in 2023 at 96. (Courtesy)

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