Roscoe Bolar Stephenson Jr. was born at
Covington, Virginia on February 22, 1922. He attended the public schools of
Alleghany County, Virginia and received both his B.A. (1943) and his J.D. (1947) from
Washington and Lee University
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. After being admitted to the bar in 1947, he practiced law in Covington for twenty-six years. From 1952 to 1964, he served as Commonwealth's Attorney for Alleghany County. On July 12, 1973, he was elected as a judge for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial Circuit. He stayed in that position until he was elected to the
Supreme Court of Virginia
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in February 1981.
Justice Stephenson retired from active service in 1997, but continued his service to the Court as a Senior Justice until mid-2010. Justice Stephenson died on May 30, 2011 in Covington, Virginia.
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