President Joe Biden, 81, and first lady Jill Biden, 72, will honor former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Georgia on November 28.
According to CNN, the Bidens will be among the many celebrities in Atlanta on Tuesday for a planned service to honor Rosalynn. They will be joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, along with another Mr. Douglas Emhoff.
A planned service at Emory University’s Glenn Memorial Chapel is one of many events honoring the life of Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96.
Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and mental health advocate, dies at 96
On Monday, Nov. 27, ceremonies will begin with a wreath-laying ceremony at Georgia Southwestern State University’s Rosalynn Carter Health and Humanities Complex. The former first lady will then be taken to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, where members of the public are invited to pay their respects as she lies in repose from 6 to 10 p.m. local time.
On Tuesday, Carter’s procession will move to Glenn Memorial Church, and on Wednesday, November 28, a formal funeral service for family and friends will be held at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.
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Married to the 39th president, Jimmy Carter, at 77, the former first lady broke down barriers with her advocacy for mental health and human rights. As first lady, she served as honorary chair of the President’s Commission on Mental Health and helped pass the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980.
After leaving the White House in 1981, the Carters started The Carter Center, a health and human rights organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering around the world. Rosalynn chaired the center’s Mental Health Task Force. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Carter Center.
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“Rosalynn has been my equal partner in everything I’ve ever accomplished. She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew someone loved and supported me,” Jimmy said in a statement following the announcement of her death.
The couple’s son, Chip Carter, added in his own statement: “In addition to being a loving mother and an extraordinary first lady, my mother was a great humanitarian in her own right. Her life of service and compassion was an example to all Americans. He will be greatly missed not only by our family but by many people who today have better mental health care and access to care resources.”
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