Justice Leroy Hassell Sr. died this morning. Justice Hassell was the first Chief Justice selected by his peers and was a very active Chief Justice. You might like or dislike the things he did, but you had to admire the man's drive to remake Virginia's judicial system in ways he thought better.
All-powerful and merciful God, we commend to you, Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr., your servant. In your mercy and love, blot out all the sins he has committed through human weakness. In this world he has died: let him live with you for ever.............
