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Rosalynn Carter's tiny hometown mourns a global figure who made many contributions at home

Brianna Cook, of Macon, Ga., looks at a display inside the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Plains mourns Rosalynn Carter — Brianna Cook, of Macon, Ga., looks at a display inside the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

PLAINS — Linda Campbell decorated the Lions Club Christmas tree in her small hometown just as she would any other Thanksgiving week, but this was no ordinary Monday in late November.

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