What we know about funeral plans for former President Jimmy Carter

CNN — The official state funeral in Washington, DC for former President Jimmy Carter will be held on January 9, the White House confirmed Monday. He was a statesman and humanitarian, and Jill and I lost a dear friend.” The president, who said he’d been “hanging out with Jimmy Carter for more than 50 years,” said Carter “lived a life measured not by words, but by his deeds.” “To know his core, you need to know he never stopped being a Sunday school teacher at that Baptist school in Plains, Georgia,” he said. Robert Burgess/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Carter gets a hug from his mother, Lillian, as he arrives home in Plains, Georgia, after Reagan's inauguration. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Carter works at a construction site Biden told reporters he had spoken with all of Carter’s children and that his team was “working with his family and others to see to it that he’s remembered appropriately.” An outpouring of love from around the world emerged as people celebrated Carter’s life as a humanitarian, faith leader, politician and Navy veteran.