Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-11
j. B. LARNER RITES
TO Be TOMORROW
Capital Financial Leaders to
Attend Funeral of Bank
President.

John Bell Larner. president Of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co.. and
chairman of the Board Of Trustees of
George Washington University, who
died Monday night after a long illness,
Will be buried in Rock Greek Cemetery
tomorrow afternoon, following services
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church et 2;30 o'clock. Rev. DR..
Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor of the church,
will officiate.
Mr.. Larner's death was due to a gen.
eral breakdown in health. He was 10.
Prominent as civic leader and philan-
throplst, Mr.. Larner was director OF
Garfield Memorial Hospital, trustee
OF the Community Chest, treasurer of
the Travellers Aid Society, member OF
La Fayette Lodge. No. 18, F. A. A. M,
and active in many other organizations
about the city.
The following were appointed yester-
day by Edward j. McQuade, president
OF the District Bankers Association, to
represent the association at the funeral:
Corcoran Thorn, president of the Amer
lean Security g. Trust Co: William d.
Hoover, president of the National Saw
ings 81 Trust Co.: George E. Fleming,
vice president of the Union Trust Co.;
John Poole, president of the Federal
American National Bank & Trust Co.;
Robert v. Fleming, president of Riggs
National Bank Henry H. Mckee, pres
ident of the National Capital Bank;
George w. White, president OF the
National Metropolitan Bank; Lanier p.
McLachlen, president of the McLachlen
Banking Corporation; Victor E. Deyber,
president of the Second National Bank;
Frank j. Stryker, president of the Co
lumbia National Bank, and Francis G..
Addison, IT., president of the Security
Savings a. Commercial. Mr.. McQuade,
as head of the association and OF the
Liberty National Bank, also will attend.
Notification of the death Of Mr.. Lar
ner was made to Chief Justice Wheat
of the District Supreme Court by George
p. Hoover, president OF the Bar Asso-
citation, who referred briefly to the long
service of the deceased at the bar before
taking over the presidency Of the Wash
ington Loan e. Trust Co. Mr.. Hoover
asked that the minutes of the general
term show an adjournment out OF re-
spect to the dead lawyer.
In granting the motion, Chief Justice
Wheat expressed the regret OF the court
at the demise of the lawyer and civic
leader
Mr.. Hoover has announced the follow
ing committee of the Bar Association to
attend the funeral. Henry P. Blair
Walter C.. Clephane, Levi Cooke, j.
Harry Covington, Charles A. Douglas.
G. Thomas Dunlop, George c. Gertman,
George E. Hamilton. jr.; A. A. Hoehling,
jr.; Frank j. Hogan, Frederic D. Nc
Kenney, Benjamin S. Minor, Daniel w.
O'Donoghue and Arthur Peter.
Honorary pallbearers, named today,
will be John Joy Edison, John Barton
Payne, Theodore w. Moves, Harry G..
Meem, Arthur Peter, Floyd E. Davis. DR..
j. Ross Stevenson. DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin,
Charles Carroll Glover. jr.; George E.
Hamilton, George w. White, Corcoran
Thorn, Henry P. Blair, DR.. Gilbert H.
Grosvenor, Charles @. Stott Walter C.
Clephane. Harry E. Davis, Donald
Woodward, Rev. D. P. Birnie, DR.. w. E.
Clark, Edward ]. McQuade, president
of the District of Columbia Bankers
Association; George p. Hoover. presi-
dent of the District of Columbia Bar
Association, and Frank j. Hogan, presi-
dent of the Lawyers Association.
DR.. j. Ross Stevenson, president of
the Princeton Theological Seminary,
and DR.. A. NJ. Brodie, associate pastor
CT the New York Avenue Church, will
assist DR.. Sizoo at the services.
The honorary pallbearers will meet in
the lower room of the church at 2:15
o'clock, preceding the services, tomor-
row afternoon.