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

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

Lodge Officers


Photo courtesy of Worshipful G. Wilson "Bill" Nelligar
Left to Right
  1. Dennis Tompkins - Tiler
  2. Roger Cort - Senior Steward
  3. Prentice Tuck - Senior Warden
  4. Scott Foxwell - Musician
  5. Shawn Garfield - Senior Deacon
  6. G. Wilson "Bill" Nelligar - Worshipful Master
  7. Paul Lafond - Junior Deacon
  8. Emmett "Buddy" Pate - Junior Warden
  9. George Wallace - Treasurer
  10. Bill Pierce - Secretary
  11. Jeff Rasmussen - Chaplain
  12. Bob Metz - Marshal
  13. Robert Wadsworth - Junior Steward

Masons Care Teddy Bear


Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
"Masons Care" Teddy Bear sold throughout the the 56th District as a Fund Raiser with several hundred donated to the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad. The teddy bears were placed in emergency vehicles and given to children in distress.
Masonic Herald Article - Fall 2003

Junior Warden Awarded Silver Card and Wardens Certificate

Community Builder Award Presented to Morgan Davis - June 10, 2003

Grand Master's Official District Visit - June 2003


Photo courtesy of Worshipful G. Wilson "Bill" Nelligar
The Worshipful Masters of the 56th District

Left to Right

  1. Worshipful Dan Thompson - Virginia Beach #274
  2. Worshipful Bill Nelligar - Kempsville #196
  3. Worshipful Richard Kershaw - Bayside #218
  4. Most Worshipful Frederick Garrison Martin - Grand Master
  5. Worshipful Richard Crabtree - Lynnhaven #220
  6. Worshipful Paul Sawyer - Princess Anne #25
  7. Worshipful Fred Lintag - Willis V. Fentress #296

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Tom McGowan
The visiting District Deputy Grand Masters and Grand Lodge Officers

Left to Right

  1. Right Worshipful Rick Bryant - District 35A/B
  2. Most Worshipful Frederick Garrison Martin - Grand Master
  3. Right Worshipful Leroy Tarbox - District 35A/B
  4. ? - GM's Administrative Assistant
  5. Right Worshipful Andy Anderson
  6. Right Worshipful Tom McGowan - District 56

Junior Warden's Night - Receiving the Grand Master - October 14, 2003

Left to Right
  1. Emmett "Buddy" Pate - Junior Warden
  2. Most Worshipful Frederick Garrison Martin - Grand Master, 2003
Left to Right
  1. Bill Nelligar - Worshipful Master
  2. Most Worshipful Frederick Garrison Martin - Grand Master, 2003
  3. Right Worshipful Tom McGowan - District Deputy Grand Master
Left to Right
  1. Most Worshipful Arthur Richmond Cole - Grand Master of Masons in Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations, 1995
  2. Most Worshipful Spencer McMath Rogers - Grand Master, 1981
  3. Frank Mathews
  4. Wallace "Tuck" Pittard - Worshipful Master, 19
  5. Monte Howell - Worshipful Master, 1978
  6. Frank Creasy - Worshipful Master, 1980
  7. Raeford Eure
Right Worshipful Tom McGowan presents Worshipful Don Meyer with a token of appreciation for years of service supporting the Bull Roast - Kempsville's primary fund raiser. Left to Right
  1. Right Worshipful Tom McGowan - District Deputy Grand Master
  2. Worshipful Don Meyer - Worshipful Master, 1992
Left to Right
  1. Right Worshipful Tom McGowan - District Deputy Grand Master
  2. Most Worshipful Spencer McMath Rogers - Grand Master, 1981
Left to Right
  1. Most Worshipful Arthur Richmond Cole - Grand Master of Masons in Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations, 1995
  2. Worshipful Bill Nelligar - Worshipful Master
  3. Most Worshipful Frederick Garrison Martin - Grand Master, 2003
  4. Most Worshipful William Lee Holliday - Grand Master, 2000

Photos courtesy of Worshipful G. Wilson "Bill" Nelligar
Left to Right
  1. Dennis Tompkins - Tiler
  2. Scott Foxwell - Musician
  3. George Wallace - Treasurer
  4. Emmett "Buddy" Pate - Junior Warden
  5. Shawn Garfield - Senior Deacon
  6. Bill Nelligar - Worshipful Master
  7. Paul Lafond - Junior Deacon
  8. Most Worshipful Frederick Garrison Martin - Grand Master, 2003
  9. Bill Pierce - Secretary
  10. Tom McGowan - District Deputy Grand Master
  11. Ray Connard - Chaplain
  12. Prentice Tuck - Senior Warden
  13. Jeff Rasmussen - ?
  14. Roger Cort - Senior Steward
  15. ? - Administrative Assistant to the Grand Master
Letter from Most Worshipful Frederick Martin following his Official Visit to Kempsville Lodge.

Certification for Noah Hillman Award

Worshipful Carl Thompson, District Instructor of Work, certifies that Worshipful Bill Nelligar delivered the Fellowcraft Lecture in order to qualify for the James Noah Hillman Award.

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