Jimmy Carter’s funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage

By Bill Barrow, Jeff Amy and Kate Payne | Associated Press

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter ‘s extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global humanitarian.

Those chapters shone throughout the opening stanza of a six-day state funeral intended to blend personalized memorials with the ceremonial pomp afforded to former presidents.