The Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church is seen ahead of a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Georgia Governor Brian Kemp arrives at a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) US Democratic Senator from Georgia Jon Ossoff arrives at a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour and her husband Al Hunt arrive for a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens arrives for a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) US Democratic Senator from Georgia Raphael Warnock arrives at a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023.(Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Pastor Tony Lowden speaks during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by Brynn Anderson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) James "Chip" Carter kisses the head of his father, former US President Jimmy Carter, during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) James "Chip" Carter, son of former US President Jimmy Carter, speaks during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 28: An armed forces body bearer team moves the casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter into her memorial service at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden arrive at a tribute service for former US first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Members of the Carter family arrive for a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) TOPSHOT - Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former US First Lady Laura Bush, former US First Lady Michelle Obama, and former US First Lady Melania Trump arrive for a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) James Carter spedaks to his father, former US president Jimmy Carter, as his sister Amy Carter (L) looks on during a tribute service for former US first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023.(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Luella Bird Reynolds, great granddaughter of former US President Jimmy Carter, reads scripture during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Amy Carter looks at her father, former US president Jimmy Carter, during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Amy Carter speaks at a tribute service for her mother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Rosalynn Carter, who passed away on November 19 at the age of 96, was married to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for 77 years. In her lifetime she was an activist and writer known to be an advocate for the elderly, affordable housing, mental health, and the protection of monarch butterflies. President Joe Biden and every living first lady are expected to attend the service. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) Journalist Judy Woodruff speaks during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Irie Alicia Carter reads scripture during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks perform "Imagine" at a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) Trisha Yearwood touches the casket after performing "Imagine" at a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) US country singer Garth Brooks performs during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Former US President Jimmy Carter (C) departs following a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Former US First Lady Michelle Obama and former US First Lady Laura Bush look on following a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Luella Bird Reynolds, great granddaughter of former US President Jimmy Carter, reads scripture during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Amy Carter looks at her father, former US president Jimmy Carter, during a tribute service for former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. Carter died on November 19, aged 96, just two days after joining her husband in hospice care at their house in Plains. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 28: Amy Carter speaks at a tribute service for her mother, former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) James Carter spedaks to his father, former US president Jimmy Carter, as his sister Amy Carter (L) looks on during a tribute service for former US first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 28: Jason Carter, grandson of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, speaks at her tribute service at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 28: An armed forces body bearer team moves the casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter after a tribute service at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. . (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 28: An armed forces body bearer team moves the casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter after a tribute service at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 28: Members of former first lady Rosalynn Carter's family look on as her casket is carried out of Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church following her tribute service on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. The tribute service was attended by U.S. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former first ladies Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 28: An armed forces body bearer team moves the casket of former first lady Rosalynn Carter after a tribute service at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on November 28, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images) Onlookers watch as the motorcade carrying the casket of former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter departs Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images) Members of the Carter family watch as the casket of former US first lady Rosalynn Carter is is driven away at Glenn Memorial Church following a tribute service in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 28, 202(Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images) ATLANTA - A tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19 at the age of 96, was held Tuesday afternoon at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University in Atlanta.
The invite-only service was attended by multiple dignitaries and state officials, including President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden; former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; former first ladies Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump; Georgia Gov. Kemp and Marty Kemp; Sen. Jon Ossoff; Sen. Raphael Warnock; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens; and many others.
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Former President Jimmy Carter was also in attendance.
The service was called to worship by the Reverend Mark Westmoreland and the opening remarks were given by Pastor Tony Lowden. James Early Carter III was the first family member to speak. He was followed by Kathryn Cade, who was the project manager for Mrs. Carter, and Judy Woodruff, a broadcast journalist who knew the Carters well and covered them as a young journalist.
Daughter Amy Lynn Carter spoke briefly, reading a love letter her father, Jimmy Carter, sent to his wife.
After the service, the motorcade will return to Plains where a funeral service will take place on Wednesday.
Grandson Jason Carter spoke for several minutes, sharing several funny and touching stories about his grandmother.
Several other family members participated in the service, including Henry Lewis Carter, Luella Bird Reynolds and Errol Carter Kelly,
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James Earl Carter III shares stories about his mother Rosalynn Carter during tribute service at Atlanta church.
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American broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff shares her memories of Rosalynn Carter during tribute service at church in Atlanta.
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Amy Lynn Carter speaks at tribute service for her mother, Rosalynn Carter. Amy Carter shared a letter to her mother from her father, Jimmy Carter.
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Former Sen. Jason Carter, grandson of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, talks about his grandmother.
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