Gov. Mills orders flags to be lowered for Joshua Tibbetts, Andrew Cross and Gerald Talbot

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Governor Mills is directing that all flags be lowered on Thursday to honor Gerald Talbot and Game Warden Joshua Tibbetts. Flags will be lowered again Friday to honor fallen firefighter Andrew Cross.

Tibbetts, who died after a plane crash last week, will be laid to rest on Thursday. The funeral service will be held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor at 1 p.m.

A service will also be held for Talbot, a civil rights leader in Maine and the state’s first black legislator. His funeral will be held at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland at 10 a.m., Thursday.

Andrew Cross died last Friday while responding to the explosion and fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont. His family shared an obituary that says a memorial service for his family and the community will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Veracity Chapel in Morrill.

“My heart goes out to the family, friends and colleagues of Andrew Cross,” said Governor Janet Mills. “He died a hero.”

Flags will be at half mast from sunrise to sunset both days.