Later in the day, the hometown hosted a parade, which the former president watched from a wheelchair, according to a tweet of the Carter Center.
Carter, who left the White House in 1981 after one term, lived longer than any other US president.
He and his wife, Rosalynn, 95, greeted well-wishers in public last weekend at the annual Peanut Festival in Plains. A Secret Service agent drove the Carters around in a red convertible. The Carter family still owns farmland where peanuts grow.
“It was a beautiful day. It all came together,” Stuckey said, describing the event with the Carters’ children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren walking behind the car. seeing them. People were clapping and some had tears.
Friends said Carter was following news about Hurricane Ian and praying for those hurting in the storm. For decades, the Carters worked with Habitat for Humanity, which builds affordable housing and helped rebuild homes destroyed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Carter’s post-presidency is notable for the simplicity with which he continues to live in his hometown of fewer than 800 people.
After leaving Washington, he spent decades promoting human rights and democracy around the world, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. The Nobel Committee cited “his decades of tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, advance democracy and human rights, and promote economic development and social”.
Until recently, he taught Sunday school at his local church. Carter overcame serious health issues, including in 2015 when he was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to his liver and brain. After treatment, doctors said he had defied odds and announced later that year that he was cancer-free.
To mark his birthday, thousands of people posted personal messages of a “Happy Birthday, President Carter!” website set up by The Carter Center.
“What strikes me is the depth of feelings people have for him,” said Matthew Degalan, spokesman for the Atlanta-based Carter Center. “People see him as a person of values and principles, and they miss that in politics today.”
Many admirers note that Carter was a visionary for installing solar panels on the White House, although some criticized him at the time.
A U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served on a submarine, Carter was expected to spend part of his birthday watching the Navy-Air Force football game and possibly his favorite baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, according to reports. friends.
Last year, the Carters celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. The two are rarely apart, and they were in their living room, together, talking with family and friends on his birthday.
