Perhaps Carter’s most revealing poem, “I Wanted to Share My Father’s World,” concerns the man who never got to see his namesake son’s achievements. He wrote that he despised Earl’s discipline, and swallowed hunger for “just a word of praise.”

The Carters met and raised their family in Plains, Ga. and returned to their beloved hometown after Jimmy's presidency

The Carters, who long put their faith into action, were in Milwaukee in June 1989 as part of a Habitat for Humanity project building homes. They, along with scores of volunteers, hammered, sawed and painted to construct six homes near North 23rd and West Walnut streets.

"From the Plains Peanut Festival to the Governor’s Mansion, to the White House—and to communities around the globe—they remained grounded and humble, and Plains always remained home in their hearts.”

The public will be able to pay their respects to the 39th president at the U.S. Capitol until his state funeral Thursday morning.

Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state inside the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., where Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered eulogies Tuesday before family and lawmakers.

They had four children: Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy. The Carters have 25 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, The Carter Center said in a statement following Rosalynn's death. Their oldest son, 77-year-old John William "Jack" Carter, followed his father into politics.

The world knew Jimmy Carter as a president and humanitarian, but he also was a woodworker, painter and poet, creating a body of artistic work that reflects deeply personal views of the global community — and himself.

Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter.

Thursday will be a National Day of Mourning. And we should be mourning. Not the death of Jimmy Carter at 100, but that his life seems so foreign today.

Former President Carter’s marriage to first lady Rosalynn Carter played a defining role in his life, spanning 77 years and making it the longest presidential marriage in U.S. history. Jimmy