The late president is lying in state through Thursday morning, giving the public a chance to pay respect in person.

Jimmy Carter, the late U.S. president who served only one term in office and was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.

Mr. Carter said his spiritual rebirth was an “evolutionary thing” rather than “a flash of light or a sudden vision of God speaking.”

There are a number of people from the Piedmont Triad who either worked for President Jimmy Carter’s administration in the White House or worked for his campaigns. Very few got to spend significant time with Carter away from the professional sarcophagus that the White House can be.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all living former presidents attended the funeral, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Both President-elect Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence also attended, marking the first time the pair were in the same room in four years.

Though he once held the most powerful position in the world, Jimmy Carter may be better remembered for his work after leaving office