USPS mail delivery, services close Thursday to commemorate late former President Carter

The United States Postal Service (USPS) suspended its regular mail delivery and retail services for Thursday in observance of a national day of mourning for the late former President Jimmy Carter. Limited package delivery services will still be available.

Normal operations resume Friday, including retail, delivery, and collection schedules.

USPS said customers will still be able to purchase stamps at most grocery, pharmacy, and convenience stores.

Postal products and services are always accessible online, where customers can track packages, buy stamps, hold mail, schedule a package pickup, and more.

Carter passed away on Dec. 29 after entering hospice care nearly two years earlier.

The 39th president had most recently celebrated his 100th birthday in October.

Carter’s remains have been lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda this week ahead of his funeral Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral.

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All living presidents have been invited, and Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy. Biden also signed a bill to name a USPS facility in Plains—Carter’s hometown—after Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

The Carter family then will return to bury its patriarch in Plains after a private hometown funeral at 3:45 p.m. at Maranatha Baptist Church, where Carter, a devout evangelical, taught Sunday School for decades.

Carter will be buried afterward in a private graveside service, in a plot visible from the front porch of his home.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.