Stock markets will suspend trading this Thursday, taking a traditional pause for the funeral of a former head of state. James Earl Carter, Jr., known as Jimmy even during his years in the White House (1977-80), was the 39th President of the U.S. He lived to be 100 — the first ex-president in 235 years of presidents to do so.Carter was also a highly visible altruist following his tenure in office, helping build houses for the poor via his connection with Habitat for Humanity, among other things. The former G ...