The grandson of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter previously told news outlets that even at the end of their lives, the two were still together and holding hands.

“They are still here, they are still holding hands and still very much together,” Josh Carter told People magazine in August.

Carter and her husband were married for 77 years.

Toward the end of her life, Carter was diagnosed with dementia. But even then, she was able to recognise her husband.

Josh Carter told People Carter was aware of Mr Carter and her other family members at the time but that it was probably “hard” for Mr Carter to see his wife lose access to older memories.

“I think the beautiful thing is that they are still together,” Josh said.

Watch Joe Biden depart to attend the memorial service of Rosalynn Carter here.

Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter had four children together throughout their 77 years of marriage.

The oldest child, John William “Jack” Carter was born on July 3, 1947.

He was raised in Plains, Georgia and worked on the family’s peanut farm before attending the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University and Georgia Southwestern University. Like his father, he joined the Navy.

Their second child is James Earl “Chip” Carter III who was born on April 12, 1950. He was born in Hawaii while Mr Carter was stationed there during his Navy service. He worked in his family’s peanut warehouse before being elected to the Plains city council.

The Carter’s third child is Donel Jeffrey “Jeff” Carter, born on August 18, 1952. He attended Georgia Southwestern University and then George Washington University.

The fourth child, and only daughter, is Amy Lynn Carter who was born on October 18, 1967. She is the only Carter child to have spent her childhood in the White House.

As the motorcade carrying former First Lady Rosalynn Carter’s casket made its way down the highway on Monday, Georgians stood outside to pay their respects to Carter who died on November 19.

In photos, posted by the Carter Center on X, groups of children could be seen standing on the side of the road with their class waving or holding their hands close to their hearts.

Groups of other Georgians held an American Flag, waving as the hearse made its way to the Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University.

A local garden club was part of the people watching the first lady depart for Atlanta, for the last time.

Members of the Carter family and staff from The Carter Center and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum gathered to pay their respects to the late Rosalynn Carter on Monday.

In a photo, posted to X, The Carter Center showed how some of the people closest to Carter remembered her life.

Monday was the first day in a series of memorials “commemorating [Carter’s] life of service”.

Rosalynn Carter made her final journey to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center on Monday as her family began three days of memorials for the former first lady and global humanitarian who died November 19 at the age of 96.

After brief ceremonies in the Carters’ native Sumter County in south Georgia, Rosalynn Carter’s remains will travel by motorcade to Atlanta, where she will lie in repose at The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.

The library was open from 6 to 10pm., offering the most direct opportunity for the public to pay their respects during the three-day tribute. Two funerals, set for Tuesday in Atlanta and Wednesday in the Carters’ tiny hometown of Plains, are for invited guests.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, longtime friends of the Carters, lead the dignitaries expected to attend the Atlanta service. Motorcade routes will be open throughout the schedule. Rosalynn Carter’s burial Wednesday in Plains is private.

Monday – Funeral services began with a motorcade procession carrying Rosalynn Carter’s coffin to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.

There, she lay in repose with hundreds of members of the public visiting to pay their respects.

Tuesday – A motorcade will transport the former first lady’s coffin to Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University in Atlanta on Tuesday morning.

At the church service, country music legends Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are expected to perform.

Former president Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, former president Bill Clinton and former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump are all expected to attend.

Wednesday – A private funeral service will be held for friends and family at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains.

Following the death of the former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who passed away at the age of 96 on 19 November, the White House has been taking measures to pay homage to her.

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation that ordered all US flags to be lowered down to half-staff from 25 November “as a mark of respect for the memory” of Ms Carter.

The proclamation said all US flags will be flown at half-staff, meaning the flag will be dropped down to somewhere around the middle of the pole.

US flags on the White House, all public buildings and grounds, naval stations, military posts, and naval vessels throughout the country and its territories will fly at half-staff from 25 November until 29 November at sunset, when Ms Carter is due to be laid to rest.

Mr Biden followed in the proclamation that this also applies to all US embassies, legations, consular offices and all other facilities abroad.