Complex sentence: Hassell's body lay in state February 11 in the Rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol, his casket draped with the flag of Virginia, the first black person in Virginia to be accorded that honor.
Split into simpler sentences: Hassell's body lay in state February 11 in the Rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol, his casket draped with the flag of Virginia. American person in Virginia to be accorded that honor.