(Indianapolis, IN) - Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is directing flags to be flown at half-staff across the state in honor and tribute to former President Jimmy Carter.

 

According to the governor's office, flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on from now until sunset Tuesday, January 28. Gov. Holcomb is also requesting businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff. 

 

Carter, a democrat from Plains, Georgia, passed away Sunday at the age of 100. He also served as a state senator 1963 to 1967 and was governor in Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Carter was the first former president to reach the age of 100. 

 

The former peanut farmer, not well known outside of Georgia, was considered a longshot to win the presidency when he gained the Democratic nomination in 1976. He went on to defeat incumbent president Gerald Ford in the general election.