Jimmy Carter’s funeral service will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on January 9 by Reuters

Written by Jonathan Allen and Brad Brooks

(Reuters) – A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on January 9, according to the US Army.

US President Joe Biden, who last year said Carter asked him to give his eulogy at his funeral, has ordered January 9 to be a national day of mourning for Carter throughout the US .

Carter’s six-day official funeral begins Saturday as his remains are carried in motorcades to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, the Army said in a statement.

The car ferry carrying Carter will stop at the farm where he grew up. There, the National Park Service will ring the historic farm bell 39 times – Carter was the 39th President of the United States.

And Carter’s (NYSE:) body will be taken to Atlanta, where he will lie in state at the Carter Presidential Center until the morning of Jan. 7. His body will be taken to Washington, DC, where he will lie in state. rotunda of the US Capitol until his state funeral.

The family will hold a private funeral and burial in Georgia later on January 9, following a ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral.

Carter will be buried next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, on the grounds of their longtime home in Plains.

Carter, a Democrat, became president in January 1977 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford (NYSE: ) in the 1976 election. His one-term presidency was marked by the Camp David Accords of 1978 between Israel and Egypt, which bring some stability to the Middle East.

Carter spent much of his presidency in humanitarian work, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. World leaders and former US presidents paid tribute to a man they praised as compassionate, humble and committed to bringing peace to the Middle East.