As the sunset at the Carter Center Monday, people continued to leave flowers and notes, and one person even left peanuts for the peanut farmer from Plains who became president of the United States. Everyone had their own special memory about former President Jimmy Carter.

In the hours since his death, the nonprofit Carter Center, founded in 1982, and the nearby Jimmy Carter Library and Museum became a spot for Atlantans to gather and pay their respects. Since Sunday afternoon, a collection of flowers and candles steadily grew at the center in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood.