Jachin
Boaz

Kempsville Lodge No. 196

4869 Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Kempsville Lodge No. 196 - 1988

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, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1979
  • Member, Khedive Shrine: 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
  • 25 Year Veteran: 2001
  • Director of Units, Khedive Shrine: 2001
  • Potentate, Khedive Shrine: 2005
  • Recipient, DeMolay Legion of Honor: 2006

Lodge Officers

Photo courtesy of Worshipful Don Meyer
left to right
  1. Don Meyer - Junior Deacon
  2. Dennis Harrison - Senior Steward
  3. John Brazie, II - Chaplain
  4. Mark Morris - Junior Warden
  5. George Wallace - Treasurer
  6. Ray Hall - Worshipful Master
  7. Bill Pierce - Secretary
  8. Jim Gardner - Junior Warden
  9. Bill Nolan - Junior Steward
  10. Richard Hanly - Tiler
  11. Bobby Spruill - Senior Deacon

Achievement Award - March 4, 1988

The Senior Deacon, Bobby Gene Spruill, receives an Achievement Award for completion of the Committee on Masonic Education Workshop Program.

Past Masters Night - April 5, 1988

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Tom McGowan
front row, left to right
  1. Russell Willoughby, 1961
  2. Marshal Williams
  3. Richard A. Davis, 1975
  4. Lew Snyder
  5. Bill Pierce, 1955
  6. Mike Lombardo, 1974
back row, left to right
  1. Joe Thornton, 1984
  2. Frank Creasy, 1980
  3. Tommy Haste, 1970
  4. Monte Howell, 1978
  5. Jimmy Wilder, 1986
  6. Tom McGowan, 1983
  7. Elwood Grant, 1965
  8. Wallace Tuck Pittard, 1985
  9. Ejnar Jorgenson, 1979
  10. George Wallace, 1972

Past Masters Night - September 27, 1988

Photo courtesy of Worshipful Bob Stanek
left to right
  1. Wallace Tuck Pittard, 1985
  2. Ralph Ward, 1987
  3. Henry Amos Rogers, Ocracoke, NC
  4. Monte Howell, 1978
  5. Vernon Benjaminson, 1976
  6. Tom McGowan, 1983
  7. George Wallace, 1972
  8. Mike Lombardo, 1974
  1. Russell Willoughby, 1961
  2. Bill Pierce, 1955
  3. Elwood Grant, 1965
  4. Frank Creasy, 1980
  5. Ejnar Jorgenson, 1979
  6. Tommy Haste, 1970
  7. Richard A. Davis, 1975
  8. Jimmy Wilder, 1986
  9. Joe Thornton, 1984

Wardens Certficate - November 8, 1988

The Senior Deacon, Bobby Gene Spruill, is awarded his Warden's Certificate on February 18, 1994 by the District Instructor of Work, Tunis M. Griffin.

Notable Visitor

Brother Mike Pelletier visits Kempsville Lodge on January of 1988 to speak on a petition. Brother Mike would go on to become Worshipful Master of Great Bridge Lodge No. 257 in 2014.
Brother Hank Foiles visits Kempsville Lodge in June of 1988. Brother Hank would affiliate with Kempsville Lodge in 1992.

Lodge Of Sorrow

  • James Ray Griffin, Sr. - 01/12/1988
  • Cameron Mollohan, Jr. - 03/09/1988
  • Gordon K. Register, Sr. - 04/26/1988
  • Robert Eugene Harvey - 05/14/1988
  • Howard Thomas Blount - 06/18/1988
  • Harold Dewain Pugh - 10/17/1988
  • Charles Clement Alexander - 11/08/1988