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 ...

Plains, Georgia is preparing to bid farewell to a beloved resident, Jimmy Carter. His longtime church, Maranatha Baptist, is ...

Former President Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school at a modest church in his hometown of Plains for more than 40 years. On Jan. 9, it will host a final farewell service for the former president.

Right now, our hearts are heavy around here,” said Kim Fuller, who took over Sunday School lessons for her uncle. “They are ...

On Sunday, Carter’s church, Maranatha Baptist Church held its first Sunday service since Carter died. MBC was founded in the late 1970s and held its first service on May 22, 1977, during the first ...

Decades later, I cooked up a mystery trip to Georgia involving ... at Jimmy’s hometown church, Maranatha Baptist, and briefly meet the 39th president and former first lady Rosalynn Carter.

Baptist Church has *** rich history in plains Georgia. Its first service was held May 22, initially called Botsford Baptist Church. The original congregation simply looking for *** place to worship ...