ATLANTA — January 9, 2025 will be declared a federal holiday in wake of former president Jimmy Carter’s death, according to a statement from the White House on Monday.

Carter passed away on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said.

He turned 100 years old in October and was the longest-lived American president.

“All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed on January 9, 2025, as a mark of respect for James Earl Carter, Jr., the thirty-ninth President of the United States,” President Biden said.

President Joe Biden has scheduled a state funeral in Washington for former President Jimmy Carter on Jan. 9, The Associated Press reported.

Biden also declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning across the U.S. and ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days from Sunday.

According to the White House, “the heads of executive departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on January 9, 2025, for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need.”