"According to a map, it's a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Plains, Georgia," Ford ... In particular, Ford recalled, it was a flight to attend the funeral of Egyptian President ...
“As governor of Georgia a half-century ago ... of the reactions coming from the front few rows at Carter’s funeral. As Ford’s son read his father’s remarks about how he and Carter had ...
Young said Plains, Georgia, and the county it was ... and Ford asked Carter if he would deliver the eulogy at his funeral. Carter agreed, and asked Ford if he would deliver the eulogy at his ...
Carter defeated Ford in 1976 but the pair, and their first ladies, became close friends, and Carter eulogized Ford at his funeral ... that began in Plains, Georgia, where Carter was born in ...