Published: August 28, 2008 10:33 am      

Flags to be lowered in honor of soldier

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered U.S. flags throughout the state to fly at half-staff this Friday to honor a southern Michigan soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher D. Rodgers of Burr Oak died Aug. 16 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle.

The 29-year-old was a 1998 graduate of Lakeland High School in LaGrange, Ind.

Rodgers’ survivors include his wife Selina and their 3 1/2-year-old son, Kaden.

His funeral is set at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Sturgis Wesleyan Church, 907 N. Nottawa Road. A committal service with military honors will follow at the Lakeland High School football stadium in LaGrange.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.