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Kempsville Lodge No. 196

4869 Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Kempsville Lodge No. 196 - 2005

2005 - Golden Anniversary

Right Worshipful Emmett Moseley "Buddy" Pate, Jr.

  • Initiated: 2/29/2000, Passed: 5/23/2000, Raised: 6/27/2000
  • Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2000
  • Member, Khedive Shrine: 2000
  • Recipient, Committee on Work Silver Card (#74): 2003
  • Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2005
  • Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2005
  • Recipient, Grand Master's Certificate of Appreciation: 2007
  • District Blood Coordinator, 56th District: 2003 - 2008
  • Worshipful Master of the Year: 2005
  • Recipient, Committee on Work Gold Card (#372): 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015
  • 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
  • Chosen District Deputy Grand Master Nominee, District 56 for 2009: 2008
  • Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 2009
  • Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch No. 1607: 2009
  • Member, Princess Anne Council No. 129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2009
  • Recipient, Grand Master's Award of Excellence: 2009
  • District Instructor of Work, 56th District: 2010
  • Affiliated, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2010
  • Member, Grand Lodge of Virginia Committee on Work: 2011 - 2019
  • Secretary, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2011 - 2018
  • Honorary Member, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2011
  • Life Member in Perpetuity: 2011
  • Grand Junior Steward, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 2013
  • Sovereign Master, Princess Anne Council No. 129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2013
  • Grand Marshal, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 2014
  • Recipient, Grand Master's Certificate of Merit: 2014
  • Recipient, Gold Honour Award, York Rite Sovereign College: 2015
  • Member, Red Cross of Constantine, St. Thomas Conclave: 2016
  • President, Reid J. Simmons Academy of Masonic Leadership: 2016 - 2017
  • Grand Webmaster, Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Virginia: 2016 - present
  • Recipient, Keystone Award, Grand Chapter and Grand Council of Virginia: 2020
  • Chairman, Information Technology Committee, Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Virginia: 2021 - present
  • Co-Chairman, Information Technology Committee, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 2021 - 2022
  • Chairman, Information Technology Committee, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 2022 - present
  • Recipient, John Blair Junior Award: 2023
  • Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2023

Lodge Officers

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
left to right
  1. Bob Foxwell - Senior Deacon
  2. Scott Foxwell - Musician
  3. Cris Rodriguez - Junior Steward
  4. Shawn Garfield - Senior Warden
  5. Bill Pierce - Secretary
  6. Emmett "Buddy" Pate - Worshipful Master
  7. Bob Metz - Marshal
  1. Adam Green - Tiler
  2. Al Torres - Senior Steward
  3. Roger Cort - Junior Warden
  4. George Wallace - Treasurer
  5. Ron Jacobson - Chaplain
  6. John Caole - Junior Deacon

Coin Presented to Brethren during Golden Anniversary


Original drawings for the design of the Golden Anniversary Commemorative Coin.

Plaque Presented by Most Worshipful John Randall Quinley

Letters from Grand Master and Grand Marshal following February Stated Communication

From the Grand Master
From the Grand Marshal

Golden Anniversary Reception Guestbook - March 12, 2005

Guest Book from the Golden Anniversary Reception sponsored by Kempsville Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Most Worshipful Alan Adkins, Guest Speaker.

Masonic Cane In Honor of Worshipful Bobby Spruill

2nd Annual Navy Night - April 26, 2005

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
left to right
  1. David Silvey - Marshal
  2. Brian Adams - Chaplain
  3. Jay Kelley - Junior Steward
  4. Cris Rodriguez - Senior Steward
  5. Brian Parton - Worshipful Master
  6. Lloyd Holbrook - Junior Deacon
  1. Jonathon Jones - Candidate
  2. John Caole - Senior Deacon
  3. Adam Green - Senior Warden
  4. Rob Worthington - Junior Warden
  5. Cris Padilla - Tiler

One Day Conferral - August 27, 2005

Photo courtesy of Worshipful Mike Sheehan

District 56 One Day Conferral held at Bayside Lodge.

left to right
  1. Mike Miller (Kempsville No. 196)
  2. Michael Rylko (Kempsville No. 196)
  3. Ray Elnor Hall, III (Kempsville No. 196)
  4. Todd Herbst (Kempsville No. 196)
  5. Paul Jesselin (Kempsville No. 196)
  1. Warren Hard (Kempsville No. 196)
  2. David McGowan (Kempsville No. 196)
  3. John Sheehan (Kempsville No. 196)
Photo courtesy of Worshipful Mike Sheehan

Worshipful Mike Sheehan with his father, John Sheehan, following the One Day Conferral.

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Tom McGowan

Right Worshipful Tom McGowan and his son, David, following the One Day Conferral.

Illustrious Raymond E. Hall - Potentate, Khedive Shrine, 2005

Worshipful Ray Hall was the first Worshipful Master Master raised in Kempsville Lodge to become Potentate of Khedive Shrine.

Fez on display in the social hall.

Grand Master's Award of Excellence - November 7, 2009

Lodge Of Sorrow

  • Dean Ray Caldwell - 01/30/2005
  • W∴ Henry Amos Rodgers - 03/05/2005
  • Russell Doton Newberry - 03/09/2005
  • Herbert Charles Naprstek, Jr. - 03/12/2005
  • Michael Lee Anderson - 07/23/2005
  • Richard Walter Radecki - 07/24/2005
  • W∴ Moran Keith Morris - 08/16/2005
  • Henry Cordell Barbee - 11/14/2005
  • Harold Finley Hatch - 12/12/2005

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