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Tributes for President Carter: Flowers, letters, and peanuts left at Carter Center

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Published  January 3, 2025 11:12pm EST
Jimmy Carter
FOX 5 Atlanta

Jimmy Carter to lie in repose at Carter Center

Final preparations are underway to say goodbye to the 39th President of the United States. Former President Jimmy Carter's body will lie in repose at the carter center starting Saturday.

The Brief

    • Former President Jimmy Carter's body will lie in repose at the Carter Center, allowing the public to pay their respects from Saturday evening to Tuesday morning.
    • Many people have already visited the Carter Center to leave tributes such as flowers, letters, and peanuts in honor of Carter.
    • Laura Neuman, a long-time employee of the Carter Center, shared personal anecdotes about Carter's kindness, including his support during her adoption process.
    • The Carter Center, founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in 1982, served as their home away from home, where they lived and worked regularly.
    • The Carter Center will remain open 24/7 during the period of repose to accommodate visitors.

ATlANTA - Final preparations were underway on Friday at the Carter Center to say goodbye to the 39th President of the United States. Former President Jimmy Carter's body will lie in repose at the Carter Center starting Saturday, giving the public a chance to pay respects. 

Paige Alexander, who is the CEO of the Carter Center, says so many people have already dropped by this week to place flowers, letters, and even peanuts near the front sign to honor the former president. 

"For us, he was a colleague, someone who walked the halls, and held hands with Mrs. Carter, and sat in our conference rooms, and had meetings, but we forget, for so many people he touched their lives in so many different ways," said Alexander. 

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Tributes, mementos, flowers and even peanuts line the sign of the Carter Center, found by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, on Jan. 3, 2025.

Tributes, mementos, flowers and even peanuts line the sign of the Carter Center, found by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, on Jan. 3, 2025. (FOX 5)

Laura Neuman worked at the Carter Center for 25 years. 

"My very first day in 1999 was the day he won the medal of freedom," said Neuman. 

Neuman got to know President Carter on a professional and personal level. He even helped her when she adopted her daughter, Isabel. 

"I was doing an international adoption, and he wrote a reference letter and when there were some difficulties with it, he supported me to facilitate the adoption itself. When she came home, he and Mrs. Carter were some of the first people to hold her,' said Neuman. 

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Tributes, mementos, flowers and even peanuts line the sign of the Carter Center, found by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, on Jan. 3, 2025.

Tributes, mementos, flowers and even peanuts line the sign of the Carter Center, found by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, on Jan. 3, 2025. (FOX 5)

Those at the Carter Center knew it was the wish of President Carter to lie in repose here. He and his wife, Rosalynn, founded the Carter Center in 1982. It was their home away from home. 

"One week every month for 40 years, he and Mrs. Carter lived in an apartment here, a pull-down Murphy bed, and worked with us," said Alexander. 

"We lost not just one of the greatest humanitarians, but also one of the greatest humans," said Neuman. 

The former president will lie in repose at the Carter Center from Saturday at 7 p.m. to Tuesday at 6 a.m. The center will be open around the clock during that time.

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Tributes, mementos, flowers and even peanuts line the sign of the Carter Center, found by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, on Jan. 3, 2025. (FOX 5)

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The Source: This article is based on original reporting by FOX 5's Denise Dillon.

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