Funeral for former US president Jimmy Carter begins in his small hometown in Plains, Georgia
A six-day funeral event has begun to mourn the death of former US president Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at age 100.
The procession began in his tiny hometown of Plains, Georgia, where thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respects to the late 39th president.
Former and current US Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail carried Carter's flag-draped casket at Phoebe Sumter Medical Centre in Americus, Georgia, on January 4.
Carter's casket travelled through Plains and past his childhood home on a peanut farm, and headed towards Atlanta.
NPS employees, based out of Sumter County, salute the hearse carrying former president Jimmy Carter as the motorcade stops in front of the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm, which operated as a peanut farm, warehouse and store.
Members of the military are seen arriving before a ceremony at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, where Carter's casket will lie in repose in Atlanta.
A hearse carrying the casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the library.
Jimmy Carter's son Jack Carter greets Georgia Governor Brian Kemp as the hearse carrying the casket paused outside the State Capitol in Atlanta.
Jack, 77, seen greeting officials outside the Capitol.
He is the former president and wife Rosalyn Carter's eldest child.
The US Army Band drum major is pictured before a ceremony.
Carter's grandson Jason Carter seen hugging Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens outside the State Capitol in Atlanta.
Jack seen walking with family as his father's casket arrives at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.
Members of the Carter family seen heading to the library before the service in Atlanta.
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