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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire

James “Jimmy” Carter, the peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia, who became the 39th president of the United States and later redefined the role of an ex-president through decades of humanitarian work, died Sunday at his home.

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His son, James E. Carter III, known as ‘Chip,’ confirmed the death but provided no immediate cause. Carter had been in hospice care since February after battling an aggressive form of melanoma that spread to his brain and liver.

Carter’s wife, Rosalynn, with whom he shared 77 years of marriage—the longest of any presidential couple—died on Nov.

19, , at The couple’s final years were marked by their enduring love, and Carter’s last public appearance was at Rosalynn’s funeral, where he sat in the front row in a wheelchair.

Carter’s official state funeral will take place on Jan. 9 in Washington, D.C., and President Joe Biden, who will deliver the eulogy, declared the date a National Day of Mour