One of the more emotional moments during the service for President Carter Thursday morning came from the words of former president Gerald Ford.

The late President Gerald Ford commemorated his friend and fellow President Jimmy Carter in a touching eulogy that was read at Carter’s funeral Thursday by Ford’s son.

The late President Gerald Ford wrote a eulogy for his good friend President Jimmy Carter, which his youngest son Steven Ford read at the National Cathedral in a moving moment during Carter’s funeral.

Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.

The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a surprise eulogy from the late former president Gerald Ford, the Republican he ousted from the presidency in a bitter 1976 race but went on to befriend in the kind of Washington relationship that now seems like a relic of a bygone era.

Steven Ford delivers a eulogy written for Jimmy Carter by his late father, former President Gerald Ford.Jan. 9, 2025

Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford may have started as political rivals, but they formed a tight bond behind the scenes, a former White House staffer tells PEOPLE. Their connection would span dec

Steve Ford, son of former President Gerald Ford, read a eulogy to former President Jimmy Carter written by his father before his 2006 death. Both presidents had agreed to eulogize each other, knowing that one would have to entrust the delivery to someone else, Steve Ford said.

Reverend Samuel Tolbert served with Jimmy Carter after his days as president, when he worked with religious leaders around the country on the New Baptist Covenant

Carter’s legacy shaped once he leftthe Oval Office Photograph by photographer Karl Schumacher, 1977.From the Presidential File Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Thomas Sellers,

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