Jimmy Carter lies in repose as mourners bid final farewells in Atlanta

tonight thousands of people are lining. up to pay their final respects to former. President Jimmy Carter before his. National Funeral Service later this week. priia is outside the Carter Center for. us priia good. evening good evening H MERS have been. lining up here at the Carter Center all. day a steady line of people have been. filing through to pay their last. respects as a military Honor Guard. stands watch his final Journey here. began on Saturday morning in A. procession ending here where his family. held a private cerem MERS I spoke with.

today say he was a role. model if any of us can be a. fraction of that kind of contribution to. Mankind we will be very. blessed I think that when he gets to. Heaven God is going to say Well done thy. good and faithful. servant now on Tuesday Morning his. casket will be flown to Washington DC. where he'll lie in state at the US. capital before his National funer feral.

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