LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The U.S. flag and the state flag of Arkansas will be flown at half-staff until sunset Saturday to honor former U.S. Sen. David Pryor, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office said.
Pryor, 89, who also served as governor of Arkansas, died of natural causes Saturday at his home in Little Rock.
In her order Monday, Sanders wrote that “David Pryor’s legacy lives on in Arkansas state government, in federal legislation, at the University of Arkansas, and through the kindness and hospitality of his family.”
He will lie in state Friday at the state Capitol during the day, with a visitation in the evening at a funeral home in Little Rock. A celebration of his life will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, followed by his burial at Mount Holly Cemetery.
Pryor and his wife of 66 years, Barbara, had three sons, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
This story has been updated to correct that Pryor was a former U.S. senator, not a current U.S. senator.
Victoria Beckham arrives at her 50th birthday party at a swanky private members club on crutches
Kirill Kaprizov helps Wild end Kings' eight
Event to promote love of reading to be held in Kunming
Megan Fox reveals what she REALLY thinks about her Love Is Blind's 'look
Child murderer who abducted and killed schoolboy 50 years ago dies in prison of old age
China's first homegrown polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 to visit HKSAR in April
Retail sales surge 0.7% in March as Americans seem unfazed by higher prices with jobs plentiful
Emily Ratajkowski bares her toned tummy in a white tube top as she strolls NYC with her dog Colombo
As syphilis cases among US newborns soar, doctors group advises more screening during pregnancy
Megan Fox reveals what she REALLY thinks about her Love Is Blind's 'look