Thursday concluded six days of national rites that began in Plains, where Carter, a former Naval officer, engineer and peanut farmer, was born in 1924, lived most of his life and died after 22 months ...

Carter was no stranger to the Mississippi Coast, having campaigned for president as the Georgia Governor in 1976.

As they filed into the front pews at the National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and ...