THE STATE FUNERAL OF THE LATE U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ON 9TH JANUARY 2025 WAS ATTENDED BY ALL FIVE LIVING US PRESIDENTS (PAST AND PRESENT), AND PRESIDENT CARTER’S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND IMPORTANT DIGNITARIES.
JAMES EARL CARTER JR. (OCTOBER 1 1924 – DECEMBER 29, 2024) WAS AN AMERICAN POLITICIAN AND HUMANITARIAN WHO SERVED AS THE 39TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1977 TO 1981, AND WAS ALSO THE 76TH GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA FROM 1971 – 1975. WHEN HE WAS SWORN IN HE SAID “THE TIME FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS OVER”, WHICH WAS A COMMENT WHICH SHOCKED PEOPLE AT THE TIME, WITH MANY ‘SEGREGATIONISTS’ (YES, THAT REALLY DID HAPPEN) FEELING AS THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN BETRAYED BY HIM. BUT HE DIDN’T CARE. YOU WILL HEAR IN SOME OF THE WONDERFUL EULOGIES FROM THE SERVICE THAT HE WAS A MAN WHO WOULD “PARK POLITICS AT THE DOOR IN ORDER TO DO THE RIGHT THING.” YOU WILL ALSO HEAR WHAT A HUMBLE, DECENT, PRINCIPLED FAMILY MAN HE WAS AND THAT HE NEVER TOLD A LIE TO ANYONE, FROM HIS LOVELY GRANDSONS AND ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING U.S. PRESIDENT BIDEN, AND THAT IN ADDITION TO HIS OUTSTANDING WORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS, HE WAS ALSO A GREAT PEACEMAKER, OFTEN-TIMES, STAYING UP LATE INTO THE NIGHT, DRAFTING THE DOCUMENTS HIMSELF. HE IS THE LONGEST-LIVING PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY AND WAS THE FIRST TO REACH THE AGE OF 100, AND IS DESCRIBED AS “AN ORDINARY MAN, WHO DID THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.”
