The tributes started Monday morning as Rosalynn Carter’s casket traveled by motorcade through the Carters’ native Sumter County, where well-wishers gathered along the route in their tiny hometown of Plains and attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the college from which she graduated in 1946.
Family including Rosalynn Carter's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren watched as her casket was placed in a hearse Monday morning outside Phoebe.
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The 99-year-old former president, who has spent the past 10 months in home hospice care, plans to attend a memorial church service Tuesday in Atlanta for his wife and partner of more than 77 years, The Carter Center confirmed. Rosalynn Carter died Nov. 19.
Family including Rosalynn Carter's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren watched as her casket was placed in a hearse Monday morning outside Phoebe.