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Chicago Sun-Times
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Bill Barrow | Associated Press

Rosalynn Carter tributes highlight reach as first lady, humanitarian, small-town Baptist

Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail pay tribute as the hearse carrying the casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter departs Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Monday. (Alex Brandon/Pool photo, distributed by the Associated Press)

AMERICUS, Ga. — Hundreds turned out to salute Rosalynn Carter on Monday as the former U.S. first lady and global humanitarian made her final journey from her rural hometown to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta as her family began three days of memorials following her death at age 96.

The 99-year-old former president, who has spent the past 10 months in home hospice care, plans to attend a memorial church service Tuesday in Atlanta for his wife and partner of more than 77 years, The Carter Center confirmed. Rosalynn Carter died Nov. 19.

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