INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Pence is directing flags at state facilities statewide be flown at half-staff to honor former Gov. Edgar D. Whitcomb, who passed away Thursday, Feb. 4. Flags should be flown at half-staff for seven days from his passing, through Thursday, Feb. 11.

Pence also asks businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff to honor Whitcomb for his service to Indiana and the nation.