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Jimmy Carter's state funeral starts Saturday. Here is what to know

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Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia .

Former Secret Service agents who protected Carter will serve as pallbearers.

Former president will lie in repose in Atlanta , Georgia , where he was a politician and global figure.

He will be buried at his boyhood home and boyhood farm in Archery .

Joe Biden , a Carter ally, will deliver a eulogy at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral .

The Carter Center's global staff of 3,000 is expected to attend the service.

The family then will return to bury its patriarch in Plains after a private hometown funeral.

Carter will be buried afterward in a private graveside service.