Funeral: McCain will lie in state in Arizona, Capitol Rotunda in Washington,

Two former presidents are expected to speak at Sen. John McCain’s memorial service and he will lie in state in both the nation’s capital and Arizona as part of a cross-country funeral procession ending with his burial at the U.S. Naval Academy, according to plans taking shape Sunday.

Two White House officials said McCain’s family had asked, before the senator’s death, that President Don- ald Trump not attend the funeral services. Vice Pres- ident Mike Pence is likely to attend in place of Trump, who has criticized McCain in the past.

Trump tw e eted that his “deepest sympathies and respect” went out to McCain’s family after the sen- ator’s death was announced. First lady Melania Trump tweeted thanks to McCain for his service to the country.

His office website said McCain will lie in state and have funeral services in Arizona on Wednesday and Thursday. The procession will then head to Washington, where McCain will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. There will then be a procession past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral. A private funeral is planned at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are among those expected to speak at McCain’s funeral.

More than 30 people have been honored by lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda, a gesture reserved for the country’s “most eminent citizens,” since the practice began in 1852 after the death of Henry Clay, the former House speaker and senator from Kentucky. McCain would be the 13th former senator to be granted the honor, according to the architect of the Capitol.

Such remembrances in the Capitol are either formally approved by congressional resolution or authorized by the congressional leadership, according to the architect of the Capitol.