Steven Ford, the son of late President Gerald Ford, delivered the eulogy Thursday that his father had written for late President Jimmy Carter. Steven Carter reflected on Carter's death with "America Decides.

The son of the late President Gerald Ford delivered a posthumous eulogy that his father wrote to deliver at the memorial service for former President Jimmy Carter. Ford died in 2006.

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.

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

File: Former president Gerald Ford visits President Jimmy Carter at the Oval Office, May 24, 1978. (Photo by Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Steven Ford spoke at Carter’s funeral on Thursday, first talking about how much the Ford family ...

Steven Ford, son of former President Gerald Ford, spoke at President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Jan. 9 about the former president's love of his home state and his late wife Roslyn.

The funeral of former president Jimmy Carter featured a 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.

A eulogy written by former President Gerald Ford was shared at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral — even though Ford has been dead for nearly 20 years. Despite Ford losing the White House to Carter in 1976,

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals.

Ford said he and Carter agreed the US should more directly take on “the Palestinian issue” in order to work toward lasting peace in the Middle East. That ruffled feathers in Washington, according to Ford’s remarks, written so many years ago. It also feels today like a warning that was not sufficiently heeded by the US government.

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