Jimmy Carter honored at state funeral in DC before Georgia burial: ‘He loved people’ “I can just see my dad … writing this for his beloved friend,” said Steven Ford. It was a moving image.

Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.

That strong bond to our state came through his friendship with President Gerald R. Ford. Ford and Carter had a heated presidential race back in ’76. However, after Carter won, the two formed a ...

Gerald Ford, in eulogy read by son, calls Carter his ‘old friend’ In an extraordinary moment at the Carter funeral, one president speaks to another from beyond the grave.

Steve Ford gave his father’s posthumous elegy for Carter at Washington National Cathedral. “I’m looking forward to our reunion,” the 38th president wrote. “We have much to catch up on.” ...

Gerald Ford was the first - and so far only - US president never to win a national election of any kind. A hugely experienced Congressman, he became President Richard Nixon's vice-president in 1973, ...