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Benevolent Lodge 3

Past Masters

What is a Past Master?

Benevolent Lodge 3

       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

J.E. Smith

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- On May 17, 1851, by action of the lodge, the office was declared vacant and Brother E.H. Pierce was elected .

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