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PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property will be lowered to half staff for five days in recognition of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96. Biden's order calls for flags to fly half-staff from Saturday through sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 29, the day Carter will be buried in Plains, Georgia, the hometown she shared with former President Jimmy Carter.
Such orders are common when major federal government figures die, including first ladies. Presidential spouses, though, do not receive state funerals.
A service for Rosalynn Carter will be held in Atlanta on Tuesday, followed by a final funeral Wednesday at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, where the Carters were members for more than 40 years after leaving Washington in 1981. She will be buried on land near the home where she and the former president have lived since 1961, with the exception of four years in the Georgia Governor's Mansion and four years in the White House.
It is not clear whether Biden will attend Rosalynn Carter's Atlanta service. Former presidents and first ladies often attend the funerals of former first ladies.
Biden has said he plans to deliver the eulogy for former President Carter when the time comes.