The service caps a week of mourning that has seen thousands of citizens quietly filing past the casket to pay their respects to Carter.

By Anita Powell Washington — Thousands of people braved freezing temperatures to come to the U.S. Capitol to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter, who lay in state Wednesday in the heart of American democracy ahead of his pomp-filled state funeral. Mourners, who included...

US President-elect Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Jimmy Carter as he lay in state in Washington.

US president Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy, Donald and Melania Trump, Barack Obama, Laura and George W. Bush and Hillary and Bill Clinton were also present.

A funeral for Jimmy Carter was held at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his Georgia hometown.

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- All five living presidents were present to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on Thursday morning.

The 39th U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, will be honoured Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, followed by a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage. FRANCE 24's correspondent, Fraser Jackson, reports from Washington.

All of Carter’s living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering a eulogy.

Former president of the US, Jimmy Carter began his final journey Thursday, with his flag-draped coffin being moved from the US Capitol for his state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral as mourners paid their respects to the 39th US president. For more, FRANCE 24's international affairs commentator, Douglas Herbert.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was honored with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital before a second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

All living presidents are expected to attend the service, which begins at 10 a.m. EST.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, The Associated Press reported. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

The 39th president died in late December at the age of 100.

Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Mourners continued to pay their respects to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects on Wednesday as President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda as part of state funeral rites.

All five living US presidents were pictured together on Thursday as they attended the state funeral of Jimmy Carter.

Thousands visited the U.S. Capitol to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter while he was lying in state, some who knew him personally and others who simply admired him.

Former US president Jimmy Carter's 6-day funeral started Saturday with a motorcade through his home state. Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on December 29 at the age of 100 and is set to be buried next to his late wife Rosalynn Carter after lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. The Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith tells us what to expect next.