Rick Jasculca, a River Forest resident and longtime friend and associate of Jimmy Carter, is helping plan his state funeral.

President Jimmy Carter's remains were brought to the Carter Center in Atlanta on Jan. 4. He will lie in repose until he is transported to Washington, D.C. for a funeral at Washington National Cathedral on Jan.

Jimmy Carter's extended public farewell began in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global humanitarian.