Douglas Eugene Cochran passed peacefully from this life at the age of 93 in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Aug. 13, surrounded by his loving wife of 31 years and his family.

Doug was born on April 3, 1932, in Winchester, Virginia, to the late Clayton John Cochran and Clarise Cochran. He graduated from Hanley High School and then received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Strayer College in Washington, D.C. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the Army and served two years in the Field Artillery during the Korean War in Germany.

After he returned to Winchester, he was hired by Winchester Knitting Mills, which is now Burlington Industries, as a management trainee. After two years in that position, he decided he really wasn’t interested in textiles. He joined the McDonough Corporation, a newly for

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