Carter, who has rarely used his full name — James Earl Carter Jr, was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Gerald Ford, the Michigan native who was the 38th president after succeeding Richard Nixon, who had resigned the post, died Dec. 26, 2006. At the time of his death he was the longest-living president at age 93.

ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.

Jimmy Carter, an advocate of human rights and democracy, also served for years in the Navy, including helping prevent a nuclear disaster.

Mourners look at the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter as he lies in state in the Capitol on Jan. 7 in Washington. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. (Andrew Harnik/The Associate

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Garnett, a 2002 graduate of Franklin County High School and former member of the Flyer band and chorus, played trumpet with the 282nd Fort Jackson U.S. Army

The United States bid final farewell on Thursday to its longest-serving former president, Jimmy Carter, who died aged 100, in a solemn state funeral attended by President Joe Biden and all the country's living former leaders,