Governor DeWine orders flags lowered in honor of the life and service of US Air Force Senior Airman Brian Kody Johnson

In honor of the life and service of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brian Kody Johnson, Governor Mike DeWine has ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Licking County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center and the Rhodes State Office Tower from sunrise to sunset on the day of his funeral, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023.

All other public buildings and grounds throughout the state may fly the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio at half-staff at their discretion for the same time period.

(Editor’s note: According to his obituary, Johnson, of Granville, “was recently involved in an aircraft mishap off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan.” He passed away Dec. 4 at the age of 32. Learn more at: https://www.mcpeekhoekstra.com/obituary/BrianKody-Johnson.)