Evening star. [volume], March 15, 1937, Page A-7, Image 7

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Was Ili Near Four Years.
Private Services on
Wednesday.
Clarence F. Norment, 80. former
president of the National Bank of
Washington, also of the Norfolk &;
Washington Steamboat Co., and for
many years one of the Capital's most
eminent financiers, died yesterday Rt
his residence at the Wardman Park
Hotel after an illness of nearly four
years. Death was due to his ad
vanced age.
Private funeral services will take
place at his late residence on Wednes
day. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector
of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church,
officiating. Burial will be in Glen
■wood Cemetery.
Born in Washington June 10. 1856,
he was the son of Samuel Norment
and Mary Ellen Ward Norment. His
early education was obtained at Rit
ten house Academy in this city and
»t Western Maryland College, West
minster. He maintained such an in
terest in his alma matpr that only
last April the Western Maryland
trustees held a special service in
honor of his 50 years service on the
board, although ill health prevented
his attendance at the tribute.
Merged D. C. Banks.
Bis early business and financial ca
reer in Washington began under the
guidance of his father, who founded
the Metropolis Bank in 1874 and was
Its president, later becoming president
of the Central National Bank. The
*on was elected president of the Cen
tral Bank in 1895 and later brought
about the merger of this Institution
with the National Bank of Washing
ton, of which he became president.
During his active career Mr. Nor
ment held many high positions of
honor and trust in banking and finan
cial institutions, among which were
those of the presidency of the Wash
ington Railway & Electric Co. and
chairmanship of the Executive Board
of the American Security & Trust Co.
4r ope time he was a member of
' ->» Washington S.ock Kvcoange sno
me,-‘men': of i» Dis'i’c: of Co
''.mbit .fls.iu.ii:.' Association in J9US
tor many years ne was ? memo-'r of
, —e Metropolitan Ciuo, Cnevy Cna-se
Club and Blue Ridge Rod and
Gun Club.
At the time of his death he was
honorary chairman of the board of the
National Bank of Washington, in which
he had been a director until recently;
chairman of the board and a director
of the Norfolk & Washington Steam
boat Co.; chairman of the board and
» director of the Terminal Refrigerat
ing & Warehousing Corp,; president
and director of the Home Mutual
Building Association; vice president
and director of the Mutual Protective
Fire Insurance Co.; director in the
American Security <fc Trust Co , the
Security Storage Co. and the Washing
ion Title Co., and had only recently
resigned as a, director of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
Active in Church Affairs.
Mr. Norment was an active ehureh
man and had aided many charitable
and religious organizations. He was a
Financier Dies
CLARENCE F. NORMENT.
riTember of st. Margaret’s Episcopal
Church, serving for many yeais as a
vestryman, He was also senior warden
at one time.
He was a member of the Oldest In
habitants of the District of Columbia,
Society of Natives, St. Andrew’s So
ciety, Washington Board of Trade,
National Geographic Society and
American Institute of Banking.
Mr. Norment married Elizabeth Anne
Smith of Suffolk, Va„ on March 19,
1879. Had he lived until next Friday,
he would have been married 58 years.
He is survived by his widow and three
children, Clarence F. Norment, jr.,
president of the Norfolk & Washing
ton Steamboat Co.: Mrs. Charles Ash
mead Fuller and Mrs. John Alden, all
of Washington, and by several grand
children.
Funeral Today for Importer.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 15 (/PI.
—Funeral services were to be held
today at Miami for Charles Jacobs,
54, importer, who died suddenly at
his home here Friday.
Jacobs was head of the New York,
importing firm of Charles Jacobs &
Co. and was a director of the Ex
change Buffet Restaurants of New
York. He is survived by his widow
and a daughte*, Julia.
lUdifimkc Survivor,
iieiievea 10 be Lj>»(
Of Crew, Succumbs
By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va„
March 15.—Arthur Colonna, 91,
believed by relatives to have been
the last surviving crew mem
ber of the Merrimac when the
Confederate ironclad fought the
Monitor, died yesterday at his
home near Menchville, Va.
Colonna, born August 15, 1845,
was living in Norfolk when the
war between the States began.
He volunteered for duty on the
Merrimac when 16 and served
until the crew was discharged.
He served with other troops until
the end of the war.
The ironclads fought their I
historic battle in Hampton i
Roads waters on March 9, 1862. ;
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