Evening journal., 1913-08-06
Mr.. RODNEY
LAID AT REST
In HOME TOWN
Funeral Services Over Prom
lnent Lawyer Largely
Attended
BAR ASSOCIATION
LARGELY REPRESENTED

Many friends and associates yesterday
afternoon attended the funeral Of John
H. Rodney. wcll-known resident of New
Castle. aud prominent lawyer, from his
nte home yesterday afternoon All
business places in New Castle closed
their shutters during the funeral hours.
Services were conducted Ia Immnnuei
Church and at the grave in the adjoining
cemetery by the Rev. Alban Richey, d.
ID. The pall-benrers were Alexander B..
Cooper. A. VI. H. George, v. N. platt,
John X. l.ambson. h. Y. Eliasou $. Aus
tin Mctann and Thomas Holcumb. Many
well known persons from different parts
of the State attended the funeral
Noticeable in the Emmanuel Cemetery
were number at colored people. They
went there 90 show their respect for the
big heartcd man who had been friend
in need TO many colored residents of
New Castle.
Among the members of the Bar Asso-
citation who attended the meeting and
the funeral were; Chancellor G.. NJ Cur
It's, Chief Justice Pennewill, Judge
George Gray. Judge II. 4. Rice, Thomas
f. Baynrd, Alexander b. Cooper, John
r. Nicholson Samuel w. McCaulley, j.
Frank Biggs. Martin b Burris, John w.
Brady. james Salisbury, John y. NAL
10y. John W. Brady, Francis II Hof-
fecller. Frank H. Spcakman. Baldwin
Springer, William s. llilles, George l..
Townsend. United States District At
toney John p. Nields, Colonel Benjamin
Nields. John Il. Neary, II. II. Ward, Boh.
ert H. Richards, john W. Hurry. lr.
Daniel o. Hastings, e. Warner Smith
4. Bayard llesel, Harry Emmons
Charles +. Curley, William s. Prickctt
j. Il. Smith, Aaron Finger Hugh Gar
land, Robert Adar Martin r. Smith
John H. Lynn. Howell S. England, Harry
j. lsaacs, Artemus Smith and Edwin w
ICooch.
Colonel Nields appointed the following
committees 90 present the resolution
ndopted supreme Court. William
Hules. II. Il. Ward, United State
Court. A. B Cooper. Thomas u Bayard
Superior Court \. Frank Ball, William
| r. Lynam Chauccry Court, j. Fran
Biggs. Robert II. Richards.
Judge Gray's EulOgy
la presenting resolutions culogistic 4
Mr. Rodney At the meeting OF the Me-
Castle County Bar Association yeste
day AFTERNOON, Judge George tray saic
Mr. president and members OF Il
Bar Association: Before presentin
certain resolutions ON behalf of yol
: committee ! may be permitted TO spea
briefly Of the life of our departed frien'
in honor of whose memory we are as
semblcd here today
"John H. Rodney was born in Ne,
Castle. June Is, 1899. He came of hon
ored and distinguished lineage in th
history of our State and country. Hi
father, the Honorable George b. Rod
ney, was a leading member of the New
Castle County Bar for more than half
century He graduated from Princeton
in 1890, and twice represented thi
State in the Congress of the Unitei
States. Daniel Rodney. the father o
George b. Rodney, was Governor of tn
State OF Delaware from 1914 to 1917,
"1he family had settled in Susse'
lcounty, in or near Lewes. lt was o
good English stock; one member o
which was the celebrated Admira
George Bridges Rodney, whose name i
SO conspicuous in the naval history %
Englandi and Caesar Rodney. one OF thu
signers of the Declaration of lndepen
dcnce, wns another.
John II. Rodney from early boyhoo'
exhibited, physically aud mentally, thu
strength of his ancestry. | have nj
ways known him and always loved him
He was my schoolmate from the tim
was eight years old until we gradu
ated from Princeton in the same class
We both attended the Harvard Law
School studied law under the tuition o
our fathers, and commenced the practic,
of the law together My recollection
naturally goes back TO the early sceno
Of our life. His strength Of constitution
and athletic build made him leader il
all our sports, We were in the same
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