# Rest in Peace, Jimmy Carter who turned 100 on October 1st. Amazing (has died, Dec. 29, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 27, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838 "2024-07-27T00:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/322 "2025-01-11T04:23:11Z")
Deleted, too close to a hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/323 "2025-01-14T18:39:36Z")
This People article about Prince Edward representing King Charles at the funeral has a couple of interesting photos. Edward was sitting next to Justin Trudeau. In the shot when Biden was arriving, they look like a couple of school boys sharing a joke. The shot when Trump arrived … not so much. > **[Prince Edward Represents the British Royals at Funeral of U.S. President...](https://people.com/prince-edward-represents-british-royals-funeral-us-president-jimmy-carter-8770624)** > > Prince Edward is representing King Charles and the British royal family at the Jan. 9 funeral of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/324 "2025-01-15T00:59:33Z")
The latest news is that Michelle Obama isn’t attending the inauguration either, presumably for the same reasons. Anyway, quite a few fundies are spamming YouTube with videos where they are doubting Carter’s salvation. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/325 "2025-01-15T02:00:07Z")
If _Carter_ isn’t going to Heaven, _nobody_ is. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/326 "2025-01-15T02:06:29Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Anyway, quite a few fundies are spamming YouTube with videos where they are doubting Carter’s salvation. > [@ekedolphin](#): > > If _Carter_ isn’t going to Heaven, _nobody_ is. Truth. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/327 "2025-01-15T02:48:02Z")
Maybe the fundies object to Carter leaving the Southern Baptists over the issue of the equality of women. At his death Carter was member of a congregation that has a female pastor. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/328 "2025-01-15T03:29:56Z")
More on that note: > **[Jimmy Carter embodied the ‘road not taken’ by many White evangelical...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/31/us/jimmy-carter-evangelical-christians-cec/index.html)** > > As the world pays homage to former President Jimmy Carter, some people overlook a primary source of inspiration for his politics: his distinctive brand of White evangelical Christianity, which remains hidden from most Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/329 "2025-10-01T22:15:39Z")
Bumped. Just the thing for your next letter, card or bill: > **[USPS' Forever stamp has a new face picturing this US president](https://www.aol.com/usps-forever-stamp-face-picturing-164723793.html)** > > The new Forever stamp was released on what would have been the late Jimmy Carter's 101st birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/330 "2025-10-01T22:20:14Z")
Cool. [![](https://i.imgur.com/hCq4v10.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/hCq4v10.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/331 "2025-10-02T00:20:46Z")
Countdown to a deranged post on Truth Social… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/332 "2025-10-02T00:27:12Z")
I like the stamp, but the USPS just put an idea in Trump’s head. Nevermind waiting until his 100th birthday, I fear we will see a Trump stamp very soon. (Probably with that ridiculous mugshot pose.) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/333 "2025-10-02T00:50:35Z")
May as well share my Jimmy Carter story. My son, around three years old, started getting really enthusiastic about the subject of death, and human development, and aging. He was especially enthusiastic about old people. The older the better. So when Jimmy Carter turned 100, I shared his picture with my son, and he was _so_ excited. Being the morbidly curious child he was, he wanted to Google when Jimmy Carter would die. I explained you can only Google answers that someone knows. Flash forward a few weeks later, we’re doing something completely unrelated. He looks up at me and says, “Can Jimmy Carter play with me?” It’s at this point I realized: he thinks I personally know Jimmy Carter. Well, that was a whole other conversation. I talked about what being famous means. And when Jimmy Carter died, my son learned all about it, and became deeply curious about Jimmy Carter’s children and how old _they_ were. Never stops asking questions, that one. Fitting I guess that one of our kindest presidents entertained a young child even in his passing. And I feel like he probably would have played with my son, if he could have. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/334 "2025-10-02T20:39:49Z")
Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/335 "2025-10-02T21:39:51Z")
That’s a nice choice of portrait. I understand that the crossed-out “Forever” is NOT an editorial comment by the USPS (but instead is intended to head off unauthorized reproductions). But it looks kind of bad, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/336 "2025-10-05T12:42:21Z")
I was at the post office yesterday and asked for these stamps, but they didn’t have any! ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/337 "2025-10-06T00:17:08Z")
Too soon? _rimshot_ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/338 "2025-10-09T08:11:21Z")
I was at another post office and they too did not have the stamps. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/339 "2025-10-09T11:25:27Z")
Yeah, I asked for one yesterday and the guy at the service window didn’t even know it had been released or even existed. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/340 "2025-10-09T13:40:42Z")
You can order them online ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/341 "2025-10-09T16:50:32Z")
Indeed you can: [https://store.usps.com/store/product/jimmy-carter-stamps-S\_487404](https://store.usps.com/store/product/jimmy-carter-stamps-S_487404) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=18)