Stony-faced US Secret Service guards carry ex President Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped coffin as 6-day state funeral begins
Stony-faced US Secret Service guards carry ex President Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped coffin as 6-day state funeral begins
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STONY-faced US Secret Service guards protect former President Jimmy Carter one last time as his six-day state funeral begins. His personal bodyguards yesterday carried his flag-draped coffin through his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he died on December 29 aged 100.
![[Jimmy Carter's personal bodyguards carried his flag-draped coffin through his hometown of Plains, Georgia]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/former-current-u-s-secret-961490671.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
They then walked alongside the hearse as it made its way to the peanut farm Mr Carter grew up on. The body of the Democrat, who was in the White House from 1977 to 1981, is due to lie in state today and tomorrow at his presidential library in Atlanta. The remains will then be flown to Washington DC for another procession and lying in honour on Thursday, before a private family funeral in Plains.
![[The former President died on December 29 aged 100]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/former-president-jimmy-carter-poses-960479711_14377e.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Carter peacefully passed away surrounded by his family who paid an emotional tribute to the former leader. His son Chip said: “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love. “My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs.
![[The body of the former President arrives the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/100-years-longest-lived-president-961551077.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
