Honoring Jimmy Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral will be held on Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral. It’ll feature a eulogy by President Biden and culminate more than a week of ceremonies and remembrances.

Carter, who died at his home in Plains, Ga., at 100 on Sunday, will lie in repose this weekend in Atlanta at the Carter Center, home of his post-presidential humanitarian work. He will then be flown on Monday to Washington, where he will lie in state at the Capitol. Thousands of people are expected to file through the Rotunda to pay their respects.

Carter rose from Georgia farmland to become the 39th U.S. president on a promise of healing the nation after the wounds of Watergate and Vietnam. He then lost the White House while dealing with economic turmoil at home and a hostage crisis in Iran.

Holding the “title of citizen,” Carter redefined what a former president can do. While others generally held their tongues out of deference to the occupant of the Oval Office of the time, Carter rarely stood on ceremony and was a thorn in the side of many of his successors.

For more:

• In a never-before-seen interview with The Times in 2006, Carter reflected on his life and work.

• Other presidents were more celebrated for their on-screen presences, but Carter turned TV into a pulpit.

• Carter amassed a compilation of observations on death that amounted to a candid, cleareyed and evolving exploration of the end.

• Here’s a look at how his legacy changed after his term, and how he made jeans presidential.