WALB learned this information from a Facebook post from the Americus Times-Recorder, stating “No mail delivery Thursday Jan. 9 in observance of President Jimmy Carter’s passing.” This follows President Joe Biden announcement, that all federal government agencies and departments will be shut down on that day.

America’s final salute for former US President Jimmy Carter started on Saturday with a tribute to him outside his family’s farm as the old farm bell rang 39 times in his honour. His six-day state funeral began in Americus at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center,

Former president Carter, the Georgia Democrat and 39th president, died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. After lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center, Carter's remains were was transported to the U.

Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington on January 7, 2025. Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died December 29, 2024, at age 100.

Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral ceremonies began in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 7. Carter died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia. During Carter's state funeral ceremonies,