Services set for slain Columbus soldier

Jonathon Hunter. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army

A funeral date has been set for a Columbus soldier who died in Afghanistan.

Barkes, Weaver and Glick funeral home has announced that services for 23-year-old Army Sgt. Jonathon M. Hunter will be held at 2 the afternoon of August 26th at Columbus East High School gymnasium. Those 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 earlier this month in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan

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

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