Gov. Ralph Northam has ordered that the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia is to be flown at half-staff over the state Capitol in respect and memory of former Virginia State Senator and Delegate Willard J. Moody Sr.
Northam ordered that the flag shall be lowered at sunrise April 1 and remain at half-staff until sunset.
He also encouraged that the flag be flown at half-staff on all local, state and federal buildings and grounds in the City of Portsmouth and in any other locality as deemed appropriate for the same time period.