FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 9, 2002
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755

COLUMBIA - The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces the following plans for the visitation, memorial service and burial (including media guidelines) for Cpl. Kenneth Johnson who was killed in the line of duty Sunday, July 7:

The family has requested that the media not film in the church during the funeral. Media who want to get shots outside the church are asked to park at the K-Mart (please do not broadcast -- for media parking only), which is adjacent to the church. At the burial, media are asked to have your equipment trucks enter the cemetery from Memory Lane off of U.S. 17A. Parking for ALL news media will be located directly behind the white house located in the cemetery. Directions to the cemetery as follows: Proceed up U.S. 52 to Cypress Gardens Road and turn left. Go all the way to the other end of Cypress Gardens Road and turn left. Memory Lane is on the right about 500 feet from Cypress Gardens Road on the right. It is a dirt road that runs around the back of the cemetery. You will see the lot behind the white house. Please do not enter the cemetery from the main entrance because the procession will be coming through there and space is going to be extremely limited. We will provide you an adequate place to get the shots you need.

Media representatives from DPS will be available to assist you at the cemetery. If you have questions regarding parking/coverage tomorrow, please direct those to L/Cpl. Paul Brouthers, 1-800-202-9286. Troopers will be on hand at the funeral and burial sites to direct traffic and assist with parking.

Thank you for your continued cooperation.

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Visitation: The family will receive friends Tuesday, July 9, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Dyal Funeral Home, 303 South Main Street, Summerville.

Directions to the visitation: Follow I-26 East (toward Charleston) to Exit 199A, U.S. 17A. At the end of the exit ramp, turn right at the stop sign onto U.S. 17A South. Follow U.S. 17A South, which is Main Street, straight to James A. Dyal Funeral Home, 303 South Main Street.

Funeral Services: Wednesday, July 10, at 11 a.m. at the Northwoods Assembly, 8717 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston.

Follow I-26 East (toward Charleston) to Exit 205, U.S. 78. At the top of the exit ramp, turn left at the traffic light onto U.S. 78 East (Ladson Road). Follow U.S. 78 East (Ladson Road) to U.S. 52 East (Rivers Avenue). U.S. 78 East and U.S. 52 East will merge into one roadway (Rivers Avenue). Follow U.S. 52 East (Rivers Avenue) for about one-half block to the first traffic light (Otranto Blvd). Turn right onto Otranto Blvd and follow Otranto to the Church (Northwoods Assembly).

Burial will follow at Plantation Memorial Gardens, Highway 17A South, Monks Corner.

Follow I-26 East (toward Charleston) to Exit 199B, U.S. 17A. Follow U.S. 17A North for about five miles to the entrance of Plantation Memorial Gardens.

Condolences may be sent to: South Carolina Highway Patrol District Six Office, Attn: Trooper Johnson Condolences, 8740 North Park Blvd., Otranto Building, North Charleston, 29406.