Residents are being asked to line the route of the procession carrying the body of U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathon Hunter from Columbus Municipal Airport to Barkes Weaver and Glick Funeral Home this morning.

Sgt. Hunter was killed Aug. 2nd by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

The Columbus Police Department says that a military aircraft carrying Sgt. Hunter is scheduled to touch down at Columbus Municipal Airport at about 10:40 a.m. The procession will leave the airport at about 11 a.m.

The 4.5 mile procession route will begin on Ray Boll Boulevard, turning west on Arnold Street and then south on Central Avenue. It will turn west on 25th Street and then south on Washington Street, where it will conclude at the funeral home at 1029 Washington Street.

Space at the airport is limited, so authorities are urging you to line the procession route.

Services for 23-year-old Hunter will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon at Columbus East High School gymnasium. Those services will be with full military honors by the Indiana Army National Guard Honor Guard. Calling will be start at 10 a.m. until the time of services.

Hunter and 25-year-old Specialist Christopher Harris, of Jackson Springs North Carolina, died in the attack in Afghanistan

The “Fayetteville Observer” newspaper reports that Harris was laid to rest last week.

For more information on the funeral services for Hunter, you can go to barkesweaverglick.com