The local Democratic party organized the event to commemorate the 39th president’s life and legacy. A former pastor and state senate candidate, Lee Dotson, attended the remembrance. He ran for office in South Georgia and met President Carter several times, witnessing Carter’s campaign strategy up close.

Jason Carter, late President Jimmy Carter's grandson, reminisced about Carter's political and social life which encapsulated decades of hard work.

Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, memorialized his grandfather with a blend of personal touches and humor, recognition of Jimmy Carter’s intensity and ambition,

The former president and once-again-future president, who are historically something less than besties, chatted it up before the service began. (Michelle Obama was not in attendance.)

Celebrity radio host Charlamagne tha God accused former President Obama of “kissing the ring” after video of him laughing with President-elect Trump at former President Carter’s funeral went viral. “After you went so hard calling somebody a threat to democracy and calling somebody a fascist,

President-elect Donald Trump spoke about the now-viral exchange he had with former President Barack Obama at Jimmy Carter's memorial service in D.C.