MEMORANDUM - Flags at Half-Staff for Private First Class Markie T. Sims

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Sidneia Thompson

                        Division of Facilities and Operations Maintenance

                        Dr. Lee A. Niblock, County Administrator  

                        Marion County

                        Matthew Brower, City Manager

                        City of Ocala  

                                               

FROM:            Governor Rick Scott

DATE:            January 10, 2013

RE:                  Flags at Half-Staff

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Private First Class Markie T. Sims, of Citra, Florida, died on December 29, 2012, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Private First Class Sims was assigned to the 38^th Engineer Company, 2^nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. 

By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by 4 U.S.C. § 7(m), as amended on June 29, 2007, and the laws and Constitution of the State of Florida, I, Governor Rick Scott, hereby proclaim and direct as follows:

1.      All National and State flags shall be flown at half-staff at the County Courthouse of Marion County, Florida, and at the City Hall of Ocala, Florida, on Saturday, January 12, 2013, in honor of Private First Class Markie T. Sims.

2. The National and State flags at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, shall also be flown at half-staff on Saturday, January 12, 2013, in honor of Private First Class Markie T. Sims.

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