Jimmy Carter's funeral services begin with trek to childhood home, Atlanta

On Saturday morning, individuals gathered in downtown Plains to place flowers at the base of Carter's monument. The tribute also featured Habitat for Humanity hardhats adorned with handwritten messages, including one that read, "God bless you, Mr. President," USA Today first reported. 

Carter was the oldest living president, and President Biden has now taken that mantle at the age of 82 years, 2 months.

Carter's motorcade arrived at the Carter Center in Atlanta just before 4 PM ET. As his casket was unloaded, a military band played "Hail to the Chief."

Late Saturday morning, Carter's motorcade departed his hometown of Plains, a small farming community just below Fort Benning (now Fort Moore) and two hours above Tallahassee, Florida.

Carter's funeral detail arrived in Atlanta on Saturday afternoon. He will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Center campus. On its way there, the motorcade passed by the girlhood home of Rosalynn Carter. The couple had been married for 77 years when Mrs. Carter died.

The convoy also rolled by Carter's 1976 presidential campaign headquarters and a gas station that had been owned by his brother, Billy Carter, according to the AP.

The motorcade also passed through the small community of Archery, Georgia - just outside Plains.

It was in Archery where Carter grew up on the family's peanut farm owned by James Earl Carter Sr. The farm's bell was rung 39 times on Saturday to honor the 39th president.

Carter's mother, Lillian, was a nurse, who ironically delivered the then-Rosalynn Smith, who would go on to marry her son.

Carter's body arrived in Atlanta around 3 p.m. ET, and stopped outside the Georgia State Capitol from where he once governed.

A moment of silence led by Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Democratic Mayor Andre Dickens were also expected.

A service for Carter, which is not open to the public, will be held at his presidential campus around 4 p.m. ET.

Here is the order of funeral events:

Georgia State Patrol troopers, both current and retired, will assemble on the Capitol steps, with those who served on Carter's security detail during his governorship taking a place of distinction.

He will then be laid to rest next to his late wife, Rosalynn, at their residence.

Fox News Digital's Andrea Magolis and the Associated Press contributed to this report.