The former president came from a family of Georgia peanut farmers
Mourners honored former President Jimmy Carter ‘s humble roots while paying their respects after his death at age 100 on Sunday, Dec. 29.
Photographers captured a makeshift tribute to the 39th president of the United States outside of the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, in the hours after Carter’s death was announced.
Among the traditional flower bouquets, well wishers also placed peanut containers, peanut butter and peaches around the Carter Center sign, NPR’s Stephen Fowler reported …