Rosalynn Carter funeral recap: After service at Maranatha Baptist Church, private burial planned

Services for former first lady Rosalynn Carter continued Wednesday with a private funeral at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. Following the funeral, the casket will be transferred to a hearse and depart for private interment at the Carter family residence.

This is the third day of memorial services for Carter, who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96. Carter's husband, former President Jimmy Carter, was in attendance at the tribute service in Atlanta Tuesday.

Below is a summary of the service in Plains.

Service was 'as wonderful as Rosalynn'

Betty Moss, 90, said the service was “as wonderful as Rosalynn.”Her husband, Robert Moss, 93, was an agricultural scientist and worked with Jimmy Carter in the early 1960s. They stayed friends all through the Carters’ time in the governor’s mansion, in the White House and their decades back in Plains.“We were glad to see him out here for Rosalynn,” Robert Moss said.

Funeral service concludes, family to attend private burial

The funeral service at Maranatha Baptist Church ended at noon Wednesday. The Carter family is scheduled to go from the church to the Carter residence, where private burial service will take place.

Rosalynn Carter funeral service livestream

To watch the full service from Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, see below.

Funeral service begins

The service will include tributes from Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter’s sons Jack and Jeff, scripture readings by three of her great-grandchildren, a eulogy delivered by Pastor Tony Lowden, and musical selections by a number of performers including the Georgia Southwestern State University Concert Choir and the Southwest Civic Chorus.

Carter family arrives at church, seen wearing leis

Former President Jimmy Carter, along with several other Carter family members, made their way into the church while donning leis, the garland of flowers common in Hawaii, around their necks.

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Carter family motorcade arrives at church | 10:57 a.m.

The Carter family motorcade arrives at Maranatha Baptist Church minutes before the service is scheduled to start.

'As nice a person as I had ever met' | 10:45 a.m.

Three students from Dooly County High School drove 40 minutes from Vienna to attend Rosalynn Carter’s funeral service. They’re all members of Future Farmers Association, a youth leadership organization, of which Jimmy Carter is longtime member.Kaleb Green, 16, said it’s “a great honor” to be in Plains on “such a historic day.”The Carters’ legacy has inspired Green to one day run for president.He said, “If they did it, I can too.”Roger Teeple, an agriculture teacher for FFA who accompanied the students, praised Rosalynn Carter’s work in nature preservation, especially the habitats she provided for monarch butterflies.“She was unreal,” he said. “As nice a person as I had ever met.”

Buses of guests arrive at Maranatha church | 10:30 a.m.

Several buses of guests begin to arrive at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. The funeral service for Rosalynn Carter is set to begin at 11 a.m.

Plains prepares for Rosalynn Carter funeral

The rural town of Plains, Ga., pop. 600, was astir early Wednesday with law enforcement, volunteers and news reporters ahead of the funeral and burial service of former first lady Rosalynn Carter.

Traffic cones and metal barriers lined the streets throughout downtown Plains and those leading to the Maranatha Baptist Church, where a service for family and friends is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

The farming town’s main roads are going to be closed ahead of the service and final farewell on Main Street, where people can watch as Rosalynn Carter’s motorcade heads from the church to the Carter Home and Garden, part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park.

Rosalynn Carter will be laid to rest outside the modest ranch-style home she’s shared with Jimmy Carter since they had it built in 1961.

The Carters were a fixture at the church since they returned to Plains after leaving the White House in 1981. Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school classes drew visitors from across the country, and Rosalynn Carter helped start the church’s food drive, which has grown to feed hundreds of families each month. The former first lady participated in the charity event into her 90s. Rosalynn Carter was a deacon at the church. She, like her husband, also taught Sunday school.

Guests, including park rangers from the Jimmy Carter National Monument, began to arrive at Maranatha Baptist shortly after 8 a.m.

Flowers set in front of Maranatha Baptist Church

Early Wednesday, poinsettias were placed outside of Maranatha Baptist Church where the final service for Rosalynn Carter is set to take place at 11 a.m.

Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to attend Wednesday's service.

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