Despite his advanced age and health, former President of the United States Jimmy Carter, a 99-year-old man, attended the funeral of his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, on Wednesday.
The memorial service was held Nov. 28 at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Emory University.
Rosalynn Carter died on November 19 at the age of 96.
He fell asleep peacefully with his family by his side, according to a statement from the Carter family.
The Carter family said in May 2023 that they had dementia but continued to live happily at the couple’s home in Plains, Georgia.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter They were the longest-serving presidential couple since they married in 1946, when he was 21 and she was 18. After his term ended in 1981, he also became the longest-serving president after leaving office. She played a crucial role during these years, including as part of the nonprofit Carter Center and the charity Habitat for Humanity.
“The best thing I ever did in my life was marry Rosalynn,” Carter told cable TV station C-SPAN in 2015. “This is the highlight of my life.”
Before coming to Washington in 1977, she was considered modest and quiet, but she became an eloquent speaker, activist and campaigner.
Before Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976, Rosalynn was unknown outside Georgia, where her husband had been a peanut farmer and later governor. As a Democrat, he served a four-year term and lost re-election in 1980 to Ronald Reagan, former Republican governor of California and Hollywood actor.
In Washington, the Carters formed a team and the president called them “an extension of me” and “my closest advisor.”
She was regularly invited as an observer to cabinet meetings and political strategy debates. In a 1978 interview with magazine editors, Carter said he shared almost everything with his wife except top secret material.
“I think she understands the conscience of the American people and their attitudes perhaps better than I do,” he said.
The First Lady was also sent on important official missions to Latin America and was part of the failed campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to ensure equal treatment of women under the law.
With information from Reuters
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