Atlanta memorializes former first lady Rosalynn Carter

Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents carry casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Official ceremonies to memorialize former first lady and Georgia native Rosalynn Carter began Monday with a wreath laying at Georgia Southwestern State University. She died at the age of 96.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were there to memorialize the former first lady, mental health advocate and global humanitarian. 

On Tuesday, former first ladies Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump, Georgia Gov. Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Dickens, and many other elected officials joined them.