Northam Orders Flags To Be Lowered On Northern Neck

(Richmond)- Governor Northam is continuing to honor the life of former Virginia Delegate and Secretary of Natural Resources William Taylor Murphy. Northam has ordered that the state flag should be flown at half-staff in Essex, King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland counties today. Flags may return to full-staff at sunset. The former lawyer and politician died last Wednesday at the age of 88.