Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral was a somber time of remembrance, but also a celebration of a century of life, well-lived.

Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.

On Thursday, Nashville country music couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed at former President Jimmy Carter's ... Carter's grandson Jason Carter, the son of Gerald Ford, Steve Ford, and the son of Walter Mondale, Ted Mondale.

Ted Mondale quoted his father recalling “Carter was a man of his word.” The Joint Service Body Bearer Team prepares to move the casket of former President Jimmy Carter into the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 2025. Carter ...

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(AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ted Mondale, son of the late former Vice President Walter Mondale, speaks a tribute written by his father, during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at ...

One of the speakers at the memorial was Ted Mondale. His late father was Carter’s vice president, Minnesotan Walter Mondale. Before Mondale’s death a few years ago, he wrote a tribute for Carter, which his son Ted read on Thursday.

Former President Jimmy Carter has been laid to rest at his home in Plains, Georgia. The beloved former president is being buried underneath a willow tree on the property of his Plains home next to his beloved wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023.

Ted Mondale was a young adult when his father became Carter’s vice president. He said the two men had a deep relationship and friendship that lasted long after their time in office.

Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.

Dustin Chambers for The New York Times Pastor Tony Lowden presiding over the funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Ted Mondale, the son of ...