The state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter happens Thursday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The 39th U-S president died December 29, 2024 at age 100. . Carter visited Liberia and Nigeria in 1978. Liberian journalist and former diplomat Gabriel Williams remembered Carter in articles about his affairs in Liberia. He tells VOA’s James Butty Carter’s life was one of service and ensuring democratic governance around the world, including Liberia.