ATLANTA, GA — ATLANTA — The Joint Task Force-National Capital Region has announced the schedule for former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral services.

Funeral services for Carter, the 39th President of the United States, begin on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 and conclude on Jan. 9, 2025.

“His funeral schedule includes a pause at his Boyhood Farm; a motorcade to Atlanta; a pause at the Georgia State Capitol; a service at the Carter Presidential Center; public viewings in both Atlanta and Washington; a funeral procession in Washington; a service at the U.S. Capitol; a National Funeral Service at Washington National Cathedral; and a private service and interment in Plains, Georgia,” the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region said.

The state funeral will begin with the arrival of the Carter Family at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, at 10:15 a.m. on Jan. 4.

Current and former Special Agents in Charge from the United States Secret Service – Carter Protective Division will carry Carter’s remains to the hearse and walk alongside the hearse as the motorcade departs from the medical center.

On Jan. 5, the late president will continue to lie in repose until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

On Jan. 7, Carter’s body will depart the Carter Presidential Center with a ceremony scheduled for 9:30 a.m.

Officials say the public is invited to pay their respects throughout this time.

January 9, 2025 was 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.

Carter celebrated his 100th birthday in October, making him the longest-lived American president.