Jachin Kempsville Lodge Jachin
4869 Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757-467-9869
www.kempsvillelodge.org Stated Meetings 2nd Tuesday @ 7:00PM
Dinner @ 6:00PM
Work Nights @ 7:00PM

Past Masters Gallery

1954 (UD)
1955
Right Worshipful William Hollowell Pierce
Initiated: 2/20/1946, Passed: 3/13/1946, Raised: 3/20/1946 (Great Bridge Lodge No. 257)
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196
Worshipful Master, Great Bridge Lodge No. 257: 1952
Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1956 - 2005
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1960
Charter Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1960
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2001
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: ?
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
60 Year Veteran: 2006
Secretary Emeritus, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009
Resident, Masonic Home of Virginia: 2005 - present
1956 Worshipful George Raymond Ferrell
Initiated: 7/17/1944, Passed: 7/5/1944, Raised: 8/16/44 (Princess Anne No. 25)
Charter Member
Worshipful Master, Princess Anne No. 25: 1950
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1965
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 10/29/1991
1957 Worshipful Augustus Manley Powers, Jr.
Initiated: 7/22/1940, Passed: 8/2/1940, Raised: 8/26/1940 (George W. Wright No. 346)
Worshipful Master, George W. Wright No. 346: ?
Charter Member
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 5/4/1990
1958 Worshipful Marshall Aubrey Williams
Initiated: 1/12/1948, Passed: 1/26/1948, Raised: 2/16/1948 (Princess Anne No. 25)
Charter Member
Worshipful Master, Princess Anne No. 25: 1953
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1956
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 12/15/1988
1959 Worshipful Thomas Wesley Poindexter, Sr
Initiated: 1/3/1930, Passed: 5/2/1930, Raised: 7/11/1930 (Tuckahoe Lodge No. 347)
Charter Member
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1/28/1978
1960 Worshipful Lewis Raymond Snyder
Initiated: 10/31/1952, Passed: 1/16/1953, Raised: 3/7/1953 (Noview Lodge No. 113)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1954
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1987
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1992
1961 Worshipful Russell Willoughby
Initiated: 4/15/1946, Passed: 5/9/1946, Raised: 6/17/1946 (Norfolk No. 1)
Junior Warden, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1967
Secretary, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1976
50 Year Veteran: 1996
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 11/10/1996
1962 Worshipful Norman Temple Heath
Initiated: 6/13/1951, Passed: 7/27/1951, Raised: 9/26/1951
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 6/17/1976
1963 Worshipful Thornton Stith Bernard, Jr.
Initiated: 10/19/1954, Passed: 11/23/1954, Raised: 11/30/1954
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 7/25/1976
1964 Worshipful Grayson Amazaih Pearce
Initiated: 1/20/1950, Passed: 3/27/1950, Raised: 6/2/1950 (Ocean View No. 335)
Charter Member
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 8/15/1975
1965 Worshipful Elwood Marvin Grant
Initiated: 9/21/1954, Passed: 10/26/1954, Raised: 11/16/1954
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1968
50 Year Veteran: 2004
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 9/19/2010
1966 Worshipful Earl Lewis Polhamus, Jr.
Initiated: 9/24/1957, Passed: 11/26/1957, Raised: 2/4/1958
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1969
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1972
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 10/19/1973
1967 Worshipful Arthur Bulman, Jr.
Initiated: 11/20/1956, Passed: 2/5/1957, Raised: 3/5/1957
Treasurer, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1967
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 11/1/1993
1968 Worshipful William Harry Holland
Initiated: 10/16/1956, Passed: 1/22/1957, Raised: 3/19/1957
Secretary, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1967
District Deputy Grand Master, 25th District: 2006
Honorary Member, Staunton River No. 155: 2004
Honorary Member, Marshall Lodge No. 39: 2006
50 Year Veteran: 2007
Worshipful Master, Staunton River No. 155: 2007
1969 Worshipful Dwight Paul Jones
Initiated: 7/18/1960, Passed: 10/3/1960, Raised: 11/1/1960
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1978
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 3/13/1986
1970 Worshipful William Thomas Haste
Initiated: 9/19/1961, Passed: 10/24/1961, Raised: 11/21/1961
Chapter Dad, Kempsville DeMolay: 1961-1970
Member, Ionic Royal Arch: 1963
Associate Bethel Guardian, Bethel 42: 1983, 1984
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1984, 1990, 1997
Associate Bethel Guardian, Bethel 71: 1991
1971 Worshipful Franklin Linwood Beard, Sr.
Initiated: 3/20/1949, Passed: 5/10/1949, Raised: 8/2/1949 (Corinthian No. 266)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1960
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1969
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 4/22/1979
1972 Right Worshipful George Joseph Wallace
Initiated: 10/16/1963, Passed: 3/24/1964, Raised: 5/5/1964
Treasurer: 1979 - 2005
Member, Great Bridge Royal Arch: ?
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch No. 1607: ?
Member, Kempsville Chapter of the Order of the Easter Star: ?
District Education Officer, 56th District: ? - 2006
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1984
Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary: 200?
Venerable Master, Norfolk Lodge of Perfection: 2006
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2008
1973 Worshipful Lee Kelberg
Initiated: 5/26/1959, Passed: 6/16/1959, Raised: 6/22/1959
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1973
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 4/25/2011
1974 Worshipful Michael Lombardo
Initiated: 9/16/1948, Passed: 10/21/1948, Raised: 12/16/1948 (Naval Lodge No. 4, District of Columbia)
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1974
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: ?
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Charter Member, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1968
Charter Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1972
Associate Bethel Guardian, Bethel 42: ?
Chapter Dad, Kempsville DeMolay: ?
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 1978
Honorary Member: 1999
60 Year Veteran: 2008
1975 Right Worshipful Richard Alfred Davis, Jr.
Initiated: 3/19/1963, Passed: 4/30/1963, Raised: 6/4/1963
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1975
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Knight Commander Court of Honor, Norfolk Scottish Rite: ?
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1978
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1990
1976 Right Worshipful Vernon Bernell Benjaminson
Initiated: 7/21/1964, Passed: 9/22/1964, Raised: 11/21/1964
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 1997
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2004
1977 Worshipful Clarence Gwaltney Felts
Initiated: 7/15/1969, Passed: 9/23/1969, Raised: 11/25/1969
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1977
1978 Worshipful Monte Pearson Howell
Initiated: 2/24/1970, Passed: 3/24/1970, Raised: 5/26/1970
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1978
1979 Worshipful Ejnar Olaf Jorgensen
Initiated: 3/29/1952, Passed: 9/3/1953, Raised: 12/17/1953 (Berwyn Lodge No. 839, Berwyn, Illinois)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1966
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1979
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1979
50 Year Veteran: 2003
Honorary Member: 2004
1980 Worshipful Frank Leroy Creasy
Initiated: 4/17/1973, Passed: 5/22/1973, Raised: 6/9/1973
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1980
Grand Lodge of Virginia Gold Card: ?
District Instructor of Work, 56th District: ?
1981 Worshipful Charles Raymond Cochran
Initiated: 10/7/1959, Passed: 11/11/1959, Raised: 12/11/1959 (Millington Lodge No. 671, Millington, Tennessee)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1972
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1981
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 9/16/1991
1982 Right Worshipful William Ray Knowles Sr.
Initiated: 2/23/1971, Passed: 5/25/1971, Raised: 7/27/1971
Chapter Dad, Kempsville DeMolay: 1974 - 1980
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1976
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1976
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1981
District Deputy Grand Master, Carribean Naval District, U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: 1988 - 1992
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2011
1983 Right Worshipful Thomas McGowan
Initiated: 3/24/1966, Passed: 4/27/1966, Raised: 6/13/1966 (Major General Henry Knox Lodge, Boston Massachusetts)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1971
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: ?
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 1993
District Blood Coordinator, 56th District: 1977-1988
District Instructor of Work, 56th District: 1980 - 2002, 2009
Recipient, Master Architect Award: 1983
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 2003
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2008
Lodge Instructor of Work, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1980 - 2002, 2004 - 2005, 2009
1984 Worshipful Joseph Francis Thornton
Initiated: 5/20/1963, Passed: 7/1/1963, Raised: 7/15/1963 (Atlantic Lodge No. 2)
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1965
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1975
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1975
Director, Khedive Hillbillies: 2002
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2009
1985 Worshipful Wallace Tuck Pittard
Initiated: 1/23/62, Passed: 3/20/1962, Raised: 4/9/1963
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 12/19/2006
1986 Worshipful Jimmie Wilder
Initiated: 7/15/1975, Passed: 9/30/1975, Raised: 10/7/1975
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: ?
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1986
1987 Worshipful Ralph Weldon Ward
Initiated: 6/7/1976, Passed: 9/28/1976, Raised: 11/23/1976
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1987
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1987
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Director, Khedive Hillbillies: 1990
1988 Worshipful Raymond Elnor Hall, Jr.
Initiated: 6/7/1976, Passed: 9/7/1976, Raised: 11/2/1976
Promoter of Finance, Bethel 42: 1974 - 1977
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1979
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1979
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1988
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1988
Recipient, Master Builder Award: 1988
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1990 - 1991
Director, Khedive Hillbillies: 1994
Director of Units, Khedive Shrine: 2001
Potentate, Khedive Shrine: 2005
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 2006
1989 Worshipful James Charles Gardner
Initiated: 3/2/1970, Passed: 4/24/1970, Raised: 7/6/1970 (Lodge Heart's Content No. 1275, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1971
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1989
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1989
1990 Worshipful Moran Keith Morris
Initiated: 1/7/1947, Passed: 2/4/1947, Raised: 3/4/1947 (Lodge No. 48, District of Columbia)
Charter Member, National Sojourners, Guantanamo Bay: 1950
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1975
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1990
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1990
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 8/16/2005
1991 Worshipful Bobby Gene Spruill
Initiated: 3/17/1981, Passed: 5/26/1981, Raised: 6/30/1981
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1991
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1991
1992 Worshipful Donald Edward Meyer
Initiated: 5/24/1977, Passed: 8/2/1977, Raised: 8/16/1977
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1991
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1991
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1992
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1992
Recipient, Master Builder Award: 1992
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 1992
Director, Khedive Hillbillies: 1995
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 1996
Potentate, Khedive Shrine: 2011
1993 Worshipful Dennis Robert Harrison
Initiated: 11/16/1982, Passed: 2/7/1983, Raised: 5/3/1983
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1992
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: ?
Member, Khedive Knights of Mecca: ?
Member, Khedive Brass Band: ?
Member, Khedive Legion of Honor: ?
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1993
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1993
1994 Worshipful Carl William Nolan
Initiated: 4/15/1980, Passed: 6/11/1980, Raised: 7/1/1980
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1994
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1994
Recipient, Master Architect Award: 1994
Director, Khedive Hillbillies: 2000
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2000, 2001
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2005, 2008
Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2006 - 2008
1995 Worshipful Allen Victor Wyatt
Initiated: 3/4/1980, Passed: 8/19/1980, Raised: 11/3/1980
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: ?
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1995
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1995
Recipient, Master Builder Award: 1995
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 1995
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 11/24/1995
1996 Worshipful Robert Wesley Stanek
Initiated: 7/28/1977, Passed: 9/22/1977, Raised: 10/27/1977 (Sandston Lodge No. 216, Henrico, VA)
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1985
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1985
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1996
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1996
Life Member in Perpetuity: 1996
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 1996
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 1997
Lodge Instructor of Work, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2003
Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009 - present
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2011
1997 Worshipful Eugene LeJeune
Initiated: 5/1/1990, Passed: 6/26/1990, Raised: 7/24/1990
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1997
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1997
Life Member in Perpetuity: 1998
1998 Worshipful Claude William Watkins, Jr.
Initiated: 4/30/1991, Passed: 7/19/1991, Raised: 7/30/1981
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1994
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1998
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1998
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 1999
1999 Worshipful Morris Donovan White
Initiated: 1/14/1980, Passed: 4/22/1980, Raised: 5/27/1980
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1981
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Easter Star: 1998
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1999
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1999
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 1999
Wise Master, Norfolk Chapter of Rose Croix: 2000
Secretary, Widows Son Trust: 2000 - present
Grand Tall Cedar, Cedars of Labanon, Neptune Forest No. 141: 2002
High Priest, Great Bridge Royal Arch Chapter: 2005
Commander, Grice Commandry: 2006
Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary: 2007
Venerable Master, Norfolk Lodge of Perfection: 2008
Past President, Knights of Mecca
Past President, Khedive Units and Clubs
Member, Khedive Arab Patrol
Past Grand Representative to Arkansas
PRP of Mace Court, Order of the Amaranth
Member, Royal Order of Scotland
Past Sovereign Master, Allied Masonic Degrees, Princess Anne Council
Past President, Cape Henry National Sojourners
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 5/21/2009
2000 Worshipful Donald Kenneth Robinson
Initiated: 11/16/1992, Passed: 1/26/93, Raised: 3/2/1993
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2002
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2000
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2000
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: ?
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2011
2001 Worshipful Michael Ryan Sheehan
Initiated: 1/30/1996, Passed: 2/27/1996, Raised: 3/26/1996
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1998
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1999
Member, Knights Templar, Norfolk Commandery No. 16: 2000
High Priest, Ionic Royal Arch: 2001
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2001
Grand Lodge of Virginia Silver Card: 2002
Lodge Instruct of Work, Berkley Lodge No. 167: 2003-2005
Worshipful Master, Berkley Lodge No. 167: 2004
District Deputy Grand High Priest, 2nd Capitular District: 2004
Sovereign Master, Allied Masonic Degrees, Greenbrier Council No. 169: 2005
Member, Knights Masons, Emerald Isle Council No. 30: 2005
Member, Hampton Roads York Rite College No. 95: 2005
2002 Worshipful S. Ray Connard
Initiated: 1/15/1991, Passed: 3/19/1991, Raised: 4/23/1991
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1991
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1994
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2002, 2005, 2008 - 2010
Knight Commander Court of Honor, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2002
Venerable Master, Norfolk Lodge of Perfection: 2003
Director, Khedive Hillbillies: 2004
Lodge Masonic Home Ambassador, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2005 - present
Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary: 2007
2003 Worshipful G. Wilson "Bill" Nelligar
Initiated: 2/28/1984, Passed: 4/23/1984, Raised: 5/29/1984
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1984
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1984
Honorary Life Member, Kempsville Chapter of DeMolay: 2003
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2003
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2003
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2004
Treasurer: 2006 - present
Grand Lodge of Virginia Silver Card: 2007
Committee on Masonic Relief: 2007 - present
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2010 - present
2004 Worshipful Prentice G. Tuck, Jr.
Initiated: 9/15/1998, Passed: 10/27/1998, Raised: 11/23/1998
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2000
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2002
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2004
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2004
2005 Right Worshipful Emmett Moseley "Buddy" Pate, Jr.
Initiated: 2/2000, Passed: 5/2000, Raised: 6/2000
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2000
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2000
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2005
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2005
District Blood Coordinator, 56th District: 2003 - 2008
Worshipful Master of the Year: 2005
Lodge Instructor of Work, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2006 - 2008
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 2006
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2006
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 2009
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch No. 1607: 2009
District Instructor of Work, 56th District: 2010
Affiliated, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2010
Member, Grand Lodge of Virginia Committee on Work: 2011
Senior Warden, Princess Anne Council No. 129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2011
Secretary, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2011 - present
Honorary Member, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2011
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2011
2006 Worshipful Shawn Paul Garfield
Initiated: 3/21/2000, Passed: 6/12/2000, Raised: 8/14/2000
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2006
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2006
2007 Right Worshipful Roger Cort
Initiated: 8/17/1965, Passed: 9/28/1965, Raised: 11/20/1965 (Port Royal Lodge No. 242, South Carolina)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2000
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2002
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2002
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch No. 1607: 2002
District Masonic Home Ambassador, 56th District: 2003
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2007
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2007
Recipient, DeMolay Sponsoring Body: 2007
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 2008
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2009
Affiliated, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2009
Worshipful Master, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2010
District Deputy Grand Master, 56th District: 2011
2008 Worshipful Adam Michael Green
Initiated: 5/18/2004, Passed: 8/31/2004, Raised: 10/19/2004
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2007
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2008
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2008
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009
Recipient, DeMolay Medal of Appreciation: 2009
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2010
Lodge Instructor of Work, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2011 - present
2009 Worshipful Ronald Stewart Jacobson
Initiated: 9/15/2003, Passed: 11/4/2003, Raised: 11/25/2003
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2004
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2004
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2009
2010 Worshipful William Harold Rawson
Initiated: 8/23/2004, Passed: 10/5/2004, Raised: 11/16/2004
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2010
2011 Worshipful Michael Duane Johnstone
Initiated: 7/26/2005, Passed: 10/4/2005, Raised: 11/21/2005
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2007
Member, Norfolk Valley Scottish Rite: 2007
Member, Order of the Eastern Star Kempsville Chapter No. 173: 2009
Member, National Sojourner Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6: 2010
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2011
2012 Worshipful William T. Peterson
Initiated: 5/1/2007, Passed: 6/2/2007, Raised: 7/3/2007
Member, Norfolk United Royal Arch: 2008
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch No. 1607: 2008
Member, Norfolk Valley Scottish Rite: 2008
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2009
Member, Grice Commandry No. 16: 2011

Affiliated Past Masters of Kempsville Lodge No. 196

1954 (UD) Worshipful John Edward Marr
Initiated: 4/1936, Passed: 6/1936, Raised: 7/1936 (Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274)
Worshipful Master, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 1949
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196
Treasurer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1954 - 1978
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1979
1954 Worshipful Levi Harold Jackson
Initiated: 10/1934, Passed: 11/1934, Raised: 11/1934 (Owens Lodge No. 164)
Worshipful Master, Owens Lodge No. 164: ?
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1984
1954 Right Worshipful Robert John Snowdon
Initiated: 3/1923, Passed: 5/1923, Raised: 5/1923 (Tidal Wave Lodge No. 273)
Worshipful Master, Tidal Wave Lodge No. 273: 1933
District Deputy Grand Master, 34th District: 1937
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196
Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1954 (UD), 1955
Member, Port Norfolk Royal Arch Chapter No. 35
Member, Craddoct Royal Arch Chapter No. 72
Member, Portsmouth Commandery No. 5
Member, Portsmouth Consistory AASR
Member, Khedive Shrine
Demitted from Kempsville Lodge: 1964
1954 Worshipful Reeden Hamlin Harris
Initiated: 1/1938, Passed: 2/1938, Raised: 2/1938 (South Norfolk Lodge No. 339)
Worshipful Master, South Norfolk Lodge No. 339: ?
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196
Senior Steward, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1954
Demitted from Kempsville Lodge: 1964
1965 Worshipful Robert Melvin Ohman
Initiated: 9/21/9965, Passed: 10/26/65, Raised: 11/11/1965 (Oceanview Lodge No. 335)
Worshipful Master, Oceanview Lodge No. 335: 1986
Life Member in Perpetuity: 1992
Commander, Norfolk Council of Kadosh: 1993
Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary: 1999
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 4/23/2011
1967 Worshipful Melvin Sherwin Mizelle
Initiated: 4/17/1967, Passed: 6/1/1967, Raised: 7/25/1967 (Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1967
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1986, 1996
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 1975
1980 Most Worshipful Spencer McMath Rogers
Initiated: 3/19/1948, Passed: 4/23/1948, Raised: 7/16/1948 (Chesapeake Lodge No. 158)
Worshipful Master, Chesapeake Lodge No. 158: 1953
Honorary Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1980
Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 1981
60 Year Veteran: 2008
1986 Worshipful Henry Amos Rodgers
Initiated: 3/14/1973, Passed: 5/30/1973, Raised: 6/27/1973 (Ocracoke Lodge No. 747, North Carolina)
Worshipful Master, Ocracoke Lodge No. 747, North Carolina: 1981
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1986
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: ?
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2005
1989 Worshipful George Edward Fausel
Initiated: 7/12/1982, Passed: 7/19/1982, Raised: 10/25/1982 (Atlantic Lodge No. 2)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1989
Worshipful Master, Atlantic Lodge No. 2: 2009
1991 Worshipful Jesse Luther Monroe
Initiated: 5/12/1989, Passed: 6/30/1989, Raised: 9/22/1989 (Naomi Lodge No. 87)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1991
Worshipful Master, Naomi Lodge No. 87: 1994
1991 Worshipful Eric M. Nachman
Initiated: 7/23/1991, Passed: 10/22/1991, Raised: 11/19/1991 (Fraternal Lodge No. 53)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1991
Worshipful Master, Fraternal Lodge No. 53: 1997
Member, Acca Shrine: 2009
1995 Worshipful David Howard Weast
Initiated: 9/17/1987, Passed: 10/22/1987, Raised: 12/5/1987 (Claude H. Morrison Lodge No. 747, California)
Worshipful Master, Claude H. Morrison Lodge No. 747, California: 1992
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1995
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2010
1997 Worshipful Robert G. Lockwood
Initiated: 12/21/1948, Passed: 3/22/1949, Raised: 4/18/1949 (Oceanview Lodge No. 335)
Affiliated, Ocean View No. 335: 1974
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1976
Member, Norfolk United Royal Arch: 1976
Honorary Jobie, Bethel No. 3: 1979
Worshipful Master, Oceanview Lodge No. 335: 1984
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1997
Sovereign Master, Charles C. Rawls No. 81, Allied Masonic Degrees: ?
60 Year Veteran: 2009
1998 Worshipful Robert Dennis Lockwood
Initiated: 4/27/1973, Passed: 6/1/1973, Raised: 6/15/1973 (Oceanview Lodge No. 335)
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: ?
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2001
Worshipful Master, Oceanview Lodge No. 335: 1981
Grand Tall Cedar, Cedars of Labanon, Neptune Forest No. 141: 1987
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1998
1999 Right Worshipful Worshipful Paul W. Pennybacker
Initiated: 1/1/1967, Passed: 10/8/1968, Raised: 11/16/1968 (Golden Rule Lodge No. 345, F&AM, Covington, Kentucky)
Affiliated, Norfolk Lodge No. 1: 1982
Worshipful Master, Norfolk No. 1: 1988
Affiliated, Norview Lodge No. 113: 1989
Member, Grice Commandery No. 16: 1989
Associate Bethel Guardian, Bethel No. 15, International Order of Job's Daughters: 1990 - 1991
High Priest, John Walters Royal Arch Chapter No. 62: 1992 - 1993
Knight Commander Court of Honor, Norfolk Scottish Rite Valley: 1995
Assistant Director of Work (Degrees 4-14), Norfolf Scottish Rite Valley: 1995 - 2007
Venerable Master, Norfolk Lodge of Perfection: 1996
Editor, Norfolk Scottish Rite Mirror: 1997 - present
Sovereign Master, Jesse Albert White Council No. 110 Allied Masonic Degrees: 1998
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1999
Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary: 1999
Secretary, Norfolk Lodge No. 1: 2000 - present
District Education Officer, District 35A: 2004
Member, Royal Order of Scotland: 2005
Member, Grand Lodge Committee on Masonic Education: 2005 - present
Master of Kadosh, Norfolk Consistory: 2006
Member, Saint Polycarp Conclave Red Cross of Constantine: 2006
50 Year Senior DeMolay Veteran: 2007
Charter Member, Peyton Randolph Research Lodge No. 1774: 2007
Affiliated, Victory Daylight No. 1778: 2008
District Deputy Grand Master, District 35B: 2008
Recipient, Outstanding District Deputy Grand Master Award: 2008
Director of Work, Norfolf Scottish Rite Valley: 2009 - present
Adjutant, Khedive Temple Legion of Honor: 2009
President, Khedive Temple Knights of Mecca: 2009
Assistant Chief of Staff, Yorktown Camp of Heroes of '76: 2009
1st Vice President, Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6, National Sojourners: 2009
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2009
Member, Kempsville Chapter of the Order of the Easter Star: 2009
Grand Purveyor, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 2012
2001 Worshipful Brian E. Parton
Initiated: 1/16/2001, Passed: 3/6/2001, Raised: 4/23/2001
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Worshipful Master, John J. Kestly/George Washington Lodge No. 60/69, AF&AM, Rota, Spain: 2008
2003 Most Worshipful Arthur Richmond Cole Jr.
Initiated: 3/15/1972, Passed: 4/19/1972, Raised: 5/17/1972 (Saint Johns Lodge No. 1P, Rhode Island)
Worshipful Master, Saint Johns Lodge No. 1P, Rhode Island: 1978
Assistant Grand Lecturer, 1st District (Rhode Island): 1979 - 1988
District Deputy Grand Master, Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 (Rhode Island): 1988
Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations: 1995
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2003
Member, Overseas Lodge No. 40, Cranston, RI
Member, Euclid Lodge No. 136, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Honorary Member, Morning Star Lodge No. 13, Woonsocket, RI
Honorary Member, King Solomons Lodge No. 11, East Greenwich, RI
Honorary Member, Celtic Lodge No. 291, Edinburgh, Scotland
Honorary Past Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Oklahoma
Member, Scottish Rite Valley of Providence, Cranston, RI
Member, Rhode Island Shriners, Cranston, RI
Past President, Rhode Island Shriners Knights of Mecca
Member, Harmony Royal Arch Chapter No. 15, Cranston, RI
Member, Doric Council No. 7, Cranston, RI
Member, Tall Cedars of Lebanon
Member, National Sojourners
Member, Red Cross of Constantine
Member, Swords of Bunker Hill
Member, Masonic Veterans Association
Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor
Honorary Member, International Order of Rainbow
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2/26/2010
2003 Worshipful Christopher J. Jaeger
Initiated: 12/9/1957, Passed: 1/24/1958, Raised: 3/14/1958 (Tilden Lodge No. 183, New Jersey)
Member, Khedive Shrine: ?
Worshipful Master, Tilden Lodge No. 183, New Jersey: 1966
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2003
2006 Right Worshipful Charley Orsargos
Initiated: 1/27/1961, Passed: 3/31/1961, Raised: 5/26/1961 (Naomi Lodge No. 87)
Worshipful Master, Naomi Lodge No. 87: 1995
District Deputy Grand Master, District 35A: 2005
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2006
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2010
2006 Worshipful Joseph Andrew Posey
Initiated: 5/8/1979, Passed: 7/10/1979, Raised: 7/24/1979 (Elizabeth Lodge No. 34)
Worshipful Master, Elizabeth Lodge No. 34: 1986, 1997
Wise Master, Norfolk Chapter of Rose Croix: 1989
Invested Knight Commander Court of Honor: 1991
Master of Kadosh, Norfolk Consistory: 1998
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2006
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2011
2006 Worshipful Steve Allen Ridgeway
Initiated: 9/14/1977, Passed: 10/19/1977, Raised: 11/16/1977 (Dorchester No. 369, South Carolina)
Worshipful Master, Dorchester No. 369, South Carolina: 1982
Worthy Patron, Jesse Belle Shonk No. 269 Order of the Eastern Star, Charleston, SC: ?
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2006
Knight Commander Court of Honor, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2009
Affiliated, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2010
Worshipful Master, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2011
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2011
Member, Princess Anne Council No. 129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2011
Junior Warden, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2012
2007 Worshipful Jerry Samuel Hase
Initiated: 4/14/1988, Passed: 5/18/1988, Raised: 6/16/1988 (Charles T. Morton Lodge No. 232)
Worshipful Master, Charles T. Morton Lodge No. 232: 1994, 1995
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2007
2008 Worshipful Richard L. Boyette
Initiated: 4/14/1948, Passed: 5/19/1948, Raised: 6/9/1948 (Boykins Lodge No. 287)
Worshipful Master, Boykins Lodge No. 287 1954
Treasurer, Boykins No. 287 1956 - 1970
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1987-1988
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2008
2009 Worshipful Marvin Leroy Spruill
Initiated: 1/10/1957, Passed: 1/24/1957, Raised: 1/31/1957 (Norfolk Lodge No. 1)
Worshipful Master, Norfolk Lodge No. 1: 1967
50 Year Veteran: 2007
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009
2009 Worshipful Orlando Castaneda Bitanga
Initiated: 1/29/1998, Passed: 3/10/1998, Raised: 3/24/1998 (Yokosuka Lodge No. 20, Grand Lodge of Japan)
Worshipful Master, Yokosuka Lodge No. 20, Grand Lodge of Japan: 2002, 2004
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009
2009 Worshipful Samuel Grant Welty
Initiated: 2/24/2005, Passed: 3/24/2005, Raised: 4/1/2005 (Ocean View Lodge No. 335)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009
Worshipful Master, Ocean View Lodge No. 335: 2010
2011 Worshipful Robert Walter Jones
Initiated: 4/27/1955, Passed: 5/25/1955, Raised: 6/22/55 (Copestone-Ophir Lodge No. 108, Kearny, NJ)
Worshipful Master, Copestone-Ophir Lodge No. 108, Kearny, NJ: 1975
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2011

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