Jimmy Carter’s Funeral: 5 Living Presidents Attend; Family, Colleagues Share Warm, Humorous Stories
President Jimmy Carter‘s solemn state funeral in Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral Thursday brought together five living U.S. presidents, including President-elect Donald Trump, who was seated next to Barack Obama, with whom he seemed to be having a lively conversation.
Carter was president from 1977 to 1981.
The first eulogy was given by one of Carter’s grandsons, Joshua Carter, who said his grandfather spent his life helping people and seeking peace and justice around the world. He was followed by eulogies written by former President Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale, Carter’s vice president, before their deaths and read by the sons.
“The First Millennialist”
Jason Carter called his grandfather the first millennialist who wanted to legalize cannabis, encouraged craft beer production, protected the environment, supported women’s rights and “tried to bring peace to the Holyland.”
He drew laughs when he told an endearing story about how his grandfather, a nuclear engineer, first began using a cell phone and called him: “I answered and said ‘Hey paw …