3:30 p.m. Carter’s casket and family landed at Lawson Army Airfield in Fort Moore, Georgia, and his casket was transferred to a hearse that will carry him via motorcade to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he will be buried. 1:47 p.m. Carter’s casket and family departed the D.C.-area Joint Base Andrews on Air Force One en route to Plains.

Jimmy Carter's grandson Joshua Carter remembered his grandfather at his funeral, saying he always helped those in need. President Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, died in December at age 100.

Carter, who has rarely used his full name — James Earl Carter Jr, was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Gerald Ford, the Michigan native who was the 38th president after succeeding Richard Nixon, who had resigned the post, died Dec. 26, 2006. At the time of his death he was the longest-living president at age 93.