Former First Lady, Rosalynn Carter, diagnosed with dementia


TUESDAY, NOV. 28
Carter Center Departure Ceremony and Tribute Service

11:30-11:45 a.m.:
Carter Presidential Center departure ceremony. Motorcade proceeds to Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University.

1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Tribute service at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University with invited guests.
 
Plains, Ga. — Her frail husband a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends Wednesday at her funeral in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes.

The former first lady, who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96, had her intimate funeral at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, where she and her husband spent decades welcoming guests and where a wooden cross Jimmy Carter fashioned in his woodshop is displayed. Earlier tributes were held in nearby Americus and in Atlanta.

The former president was in attendance in his wheelchair, with her one last time in his life.

Maranatha Pastor Tony Lowden told the service that Rosalynn Carter wasn’t just the first lady but "served every nation around the world.”...
 

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