By Jonathan Allen and Brad Brooks

(Reuters) – A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on January 9, according to the US Army.

US President Joe Biden, who last year said Carter asked him to give the eulogy at his funeral, ordered that January 9 be a national day of mourning for Carter throughout the US

An official six-day state funeral for Carter will begin Saturday as his remains travel by motorcade through his hometown of Plains, Georgia, the Army said in a statement.

Carter’s motorcycle stops at the farm where he grew up. There, the National Park Service will ring the farm’s historic bell 39 times – Carter was the 39th US President.

Carter’s remains will be flown to Atlanta, where he will lie in state at the Carter Presidential Center until the morning of January 7. His body will be flown to Washington, DC, where he will lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol. in the US until his national funeral ceremony.

The family will hold a private funeral and interment in Georgia on January 9, following the ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral.

Carter will be buried in a plot next to his wife, Rosalynn Carter, in the grounds of their longtime home in Plains.

Carter, a Democrat, became president in January 1977 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford (NYSE:) in the 1976 election. His one-term presidency was marked by the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt, which brought some stability to the Middle East.

Carter spent his long post-presidential career dedicated to humanitarian work, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. World leaders and former US presidents have paid tribute to a man they admire as compassionate, humble and committed to peace in the Middle East.