Jimmy Carter, 99, marks one year in hospice care as his grandson reveals he was ‘honored and glad’ for health rally that allowed him to attend beloved wife Rosalynn’s funeral

Sunday will mark one year since former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care, returning to his old family home in Plains, Georgia, and forgoing further life-extending treatments.

This anniversary is yet another testament to the 99-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s determination and determination, even in the twilight of his life, after beating cancer in 2015.

Carter was last seen in public in November, when he gathered to attend his wife Rosalynn Carter’s funeral at Maranatha Baptist Church, where they worshiped, and said his final goodbyes to her after 77 years of marriage.

Family members say he was determined to stick it out even after being admitted to hospice, in part to ensure Rosalynn would never be left alone.

“He was really honored and happy that he made it to the end with my grandmother, and that was a real treasure for him,” Jason Carter, a grandson and chairman of the Carter Center board, said New York Times on Saturday.

Carter receives hospice care in his one-story home in Plains, Georgia, which he built and has owned for 60 years

“I think he’s approaching this, for whatever reason, with tremendous faith. And so he just believes that, for whatever reason, God is not done with him yet,” he added.

Rosalynn’s funeral was the only time Carter appeared in public since entering hospice care, and his frail appearance at the service alarmed friends at church and well-wishers watching on television.

But Jason Carter told the Times that remarkably, his grandfather’s condition has changed little since he first entered hospice care a year ago.

Although he eats and drinks little and is not particularly talkative, Carter still makes his wishes known clearly and is able to absorb information about the world.

“One of the things that has become clear to me is that there are things in life and the mind that you just can’t understand,” Jason Carter told the Times.

‘I don’t know what it’s like for him now. I don’t know what it’s like to face this moment the way he’s faced it over the past year. But it was liberating for me to know that I just don’t know. And that’s okay.’

Carter spends his days in the Plains home he has owned for more than 60 years, where caregivers tend to his needs and friends and family visit.

Jimmy Carter at his wife Rosalynn’s funeral service, wearing a red lei in her honor. The November service was his only public appearance since entering hospice care

The two-bedroom, one-story ranch house was built by Carter himself and is valued at approximately $240,000.

“I came in the other day and he was smiling, and we were talking to him about a meal in the future, and he told us exactly what he wanted to eat the next night,” Jill Stuckey, a longtime friend from Plains who visits him regularly, told the Times.

Stuckey is the superintendent of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, which plans to host a panel discussion on Carter’s life on Monday in conjunction with President’s Day.

Historians Dr. Larry Cook, Stanly Godbold, Jr., and local America Mayor Lee Kinnamon will discuss Carter’s local, national, and international impact.

The discussion at 10 a.m. ET is open to the public and will also be available to watch via livestream on the the park’s Facebook page.

“He’s been a record breaker for decades: oldest living president, longest married president,” Stuckey said.

“It’s always been on President Carter’s terms. This is how he lives and this is how he will die.’