A memorial service is scheduled Tuesday in Staunton for former Virginia Supreme Court Justice and state legislator George Moffett Cochran.
An obituary posted on Henry Funeral Home's website says Cochran died Saturday at his home in Staunton. He was 98.
Local historian Katharine Brown told The News Leader that Cochran was among a handful of people who fought against Virginia's "Massive Resistance," the state-sanctioned response to the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled unconstitutional school segregation.
Cochran served on the Virginia Supreme Court from 1969 until he retired in 1987. He also was a state delegate from 1948 to 1966 and a senator from 1966 to 1968.
Tuesday's service will be held at 3 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Staunton.
