Past Masters
What is a Past Master?
The senior officer of a Masonic Lodge is the Worshipful Master. The Worshipful Master sits in the East of the Lodge room, chairs all of the business of his Lodge, and is vested with considerable powers. He also presides over rituals and ceremonies. The office of Worshipful Master is the highest honor to which a Lodge may elect any of its members. The office is filled annually by election, often by secret ballot.
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The honor and title of "Worshipful" does not suggest that the Master is worshiped, but is used in its original meaning, "worthy of respect".(Mayors and magistrates in parts of England and the Commonwealth are also traditionally called "Worshipful" or "Your Worship")
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At the conclusion of his limited term of office, a Worshipful Master is forever recognized as a "Past Master". He is also then eligible to wear a specific masonic emblem which denotes this achievement.
Listed below are the Past Masters of Benevolent Lodge No. 3.
Past Master Year
John Miller
B.F. Owens
F.V. DeLaunay
T.F. Greene
W.J. Davis
W.J. Davis
John A. Cuthbert
I.L. Harris
J.A. Cuthbert
F.V. DeLaunay
E.H. Pierce
W.S. Rockwell
Williams S. Mitchell
J.W.L. Daniel
W.S. Rockwell
W.S. Rockwell
George D. Case, Sr.
George D. Case, Sr.
W.S. Rockwell
W.S. Rockwell
E.H. Pierce
E.H. Pierce
J.R. Cotting
P. Farr
E.S. Chandler
Arthur Wood
Arthur Wood
E. Trice
E. Trice
E. Trice
E. Trice
E.P. Watkins
E.P. Watkins
E.P. Watkins
B.B. DeGraffenreid
H.J.G Williams
H.J.G Williams
B.B. DeGraffenreid
T.J. Micklejohn
B.B. DeGraffenreid
S.G. White
S.G. White
S.G. White
John M. Clark
J.C. Shea
I.H. Howard
I.H. Howard
A. Joseph
G.T. Weidenman
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
A. Joseph
W.W. Lumpkin
W.W. Lumpkin
W.W. Lumpkin
L.H. Compton
L.H. Compton
George D. Case, Jr.
George D. Case, Jr.
R.W. Roberts
R.W. Roberts
E.T. Alling
E.T. Alling
J.E. Pottle
J.E. Pottle
Richard N. Lamar
Richard N. Lamar
A.M. Jackson
A.M. Jackson
K.C. Bulard
Dr. T.M. Hall
J.E. Kidd
J.F. Bell
John Conn
E.E. Bell
H.S. Jones
Dr. Y.A. Jones
M.S. Bell
M.S. Bell
T.J. Wall
T.J. Wall
Joseph A. Moore, Sr.
Livingston Kenan
Livingston Kenan
L.C. Wall
L.M. Moore
L.M. Moore
Joseph A. Moore, Sr.
K.T. Alfriend
F.H. Coleman
J.H. Holloway
W.D. Stembridge
Ed Bell Jackson
F.R. Hargrove, Sr.
John W. Wiley
W.H. Baumgartel
L.L. Beck
George S. Davis
W.B. Wood
S.L. Stembridge
Joe T. Andrews
J.L. Grant
J.T. McMullen
A.L. Tanner
J.B. Malpass
Joseph A. Moore, Jr.
George M. Stembridge
Carl H. Massey
Bernard S.Boyer
R.M. Sessions
Royce Smith
E. Alton Rogers
L. Hort Brown
H.E. Burnham
J. Harold Hunter
J.H. Mays
B.A. Baldwin
F.R. Hargrove, Jr.
J.L. Cheeves
L.H. Andrews
F.M. Williams
J.J. Morgan
C.H. Adams
B.M. Hargrove
H.D. Giddens
Louis Carpenter
Beaufort Cranford
Charles Allen
A.A. Sanford
T.D. Daniel
Emanuel Stone
W.C. Garnto
J.R. Herringdine
W.W. Curl
Hal Graham
P.M. Shultz
Edwin Morgan
E.T. Wyatt
Marion Sanford
Tom Hall Simpson
J.M. Harper
R.F. Wolfersteig
John Kelley Brookins Sr.
Fred Moore
John R. Lindsey
E.L. Toulson, Jr.
Robert H. Kines, Jr.
George H. Griffin
Thomas L. Reese
Bennie Brant
Irwin K. Hurst
Dorsey Yawn
Robert Michael Young
John H. Hendricks
Robert C. Smart
Thomas C. Jones, Jr.
Garry D. Calloway
M. Alan Johnson, Sr.
J. Michael Melder
William H. Smith
Dwight C. Riddle
David B. Childs
Michael A. Calhoun
Steven N. Calhoun
Timothy L. Prosser
Van Melder
Thurlon B. Register
Lewis Brookins
M. George Folendore
M. Alan Johnson, Jr.
Van Melder
M. Alan Johnson, Jr.
Lee Roy Stap
Larry Wilson
Dwayne Hodges
Greg Mahan
Richard N. Whirley
Brian D. Wilson
Jay L. Knight
Jimmy Dotson
Cameron Williams
Ken Irby
James P. Hodnett, Jr.
Kelly S. Montgomery
Joseph S. Rainey
Greg Mahan
Benjamin Waller
Ron Chambers
Jason Holloway
Benjamin Waller
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
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1851
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1887
1888
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1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
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1911
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2009
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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
- On May 17, 1851, by action of the lodge, the office was declared vacant and Brother E.H. Pierce was elected .
