Jimmy Carter’s Funeral Will Be Held on Jan. 9 in Washington NYT | Top Stories By: Peter Baker 30 December 2024 at 22:54 The state funeral will cap more than a week of remembrances honoring Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who died at 100 on Sunday. © Erin Schaff for The New York TimesThe National Cathedral in Washington in 2018. Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral will be held there on Jan. 9.