Nashville country music couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington, D.C.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood attended President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, where they performed, three months after Brooks was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood attended President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, where they performed, three months after Brooks was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit.
Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.
President Biden will deliver a eulogy, and tributes written by Gerald Ford and Walter Mondale will be read by their sons.
Garth Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood performed John Lennon‘s “Imagine” during President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington D.C. on Thursday (Jan. 9). Few criticized the actual performance. In fact,
On Thursday, Nashville country music couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed at ... Carter's grandson Jason Carter, the son of Gerald Ford, Steve Ford, and the son of Walter Mondale ...
That was right after they performed at the now-famous civil rights March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his memorable “I Have a Dream” speech.
Held at the Washington National Cathedral, the service included the hymns “Come Thou Almighty King,” “Amazing Grace,” and “Be Still My Soul.” The choir also sang “Eternal Father, Strong to Save, ” also known as the “The Navy Hymn,” in honor of Carter’s service in the Navy.
Stu Eizenstat, a former White House adviser and friend to the 39th president, also spoke, as did Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter. Carter, along with another grandson, Joshua Carter, spoke and read a BIble passage, while Andrew Young, former ambassador to the United Nations, delivered a homily.
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died at 100, was honored with a national day of mourning and a state funeral in Washington, followed by a private burial in Georgia, remembering his humanitarian work and leadership.
Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.