Carter's national funeral service in the morning will be held at the Washington National Cathedral. His private funeral service will be in Plains, Georgia, his hometown. Carter's funeral will be broadcast on "TODAY" and NBC News.

Jimmy Carter's funeral proceedings began Saturday in Americus, Georgia, at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. After the casket was loaded into the hearse by current and former Secret Service agents who protected the late president,

When he began his presidential bid, Jimmy Carter vowed that he “would not tell a lie.” But historians say his honesty made it harder to get things done and stay in office.

Current and former U.S. Secret Service agents carry former President Jimmy Carter's remains to a hearse at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus. Carter's family gathered at the medical center to see his departure.

P resident Jimmy Carter was a prescient president. Our first great champion of human rights in the White House, President Carter under