Former first lady Rosalynn Carter will be honored by her loved ones and laid to rest on Wednesday in her longtime home of Plains, Georgia.

Rosalynn Carter will be honored in a service at Maranatha Baptist Church, where Jimmy Carter and the former first lady worshipped. She will be interned at the Carter family home in Plains.  

Amber Roessner, a professor at the University of Tennessee who has written extensively on the Carters, previously told USA TODAY, “I don’t think you can stress the significance of Plains enough.”

“In addition to it being home, it was such an nourishing and regenerating space for them where they could find themselves in these key moments of their lives,” Roessner said.

The funeral comes a day after Carter’s tribute service in Atlanta, which was attended by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary Hillary Clinton, as well as other former first ladies: Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump.  

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‘What a remarkable woman she was’

At the Tuesday service, Rosalynn Carter’s family, friends and colleagues honored her decades-long dedication to global humanitarian work. They celebrated her fight for mental health care and push for women’s rights around the world. The former first lady’s loved ones also highlighted her work via The Carter Center as she advocated for peace efforts, health programs and more.  

Rosalynn Carter’s longtime aide and friend Kathryn Cade told the audience at the memorial “What a remarkable woman she was: Wife, mother, business manager, political strategist, diplomat, advocate, author. Yet what I remember most about her was her tireless dedication to taking care of others.”  

Speakers also shared personal memories of the former first lady. Jason Carter, the Carters’ grandson, told the audience at the service that his family has recently reflected on a flight they…