Kempsville Lodge No. 196

4869 Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Past Masters of Kempsville Lodge No. 196

Past Masters Gallery

1955

Right Worshipful William Hollowell Pierce

Initiated: 2/20/1946, Passed: 3/13/1946, Raised: 3/20/1946 (Great Bridge Lodge No. 257)
Worshipful Master, Great Bridge Lodge No. 257: 1952
Worshipful Master, Kempsville Lodge No. 196, Under Dispensation: 1954
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1956 - 2006

Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 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 - 2013
Resident, Masonic Home of Virginia: 2006 - 2013
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 10/20/2013

1956

Right Worshipful George Raymond Ferrell

Initiated: 5/17/1944, Passed: 7/5/1944, Raised: 8/16/44 (Princess Anne No. 25)
Worshipful Master, Princess Anne No. 25: 1950
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 1965
25 Year Veteran: 1969

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, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
25 Year Veteran: 1965
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 5/4/1990

1958

Right Worshipful Marshall Aubrey Williams

Initiated: 1/12/1948, Passed: 1/26/1948, Raised: 2/16/1948 (Princess Anne No. 25)
Worshipful Master, Princess Anne No. 25: 1953
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56 (elected from PA25): 1956
25 Year Veteran: 1973

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, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
25 Year Veteran: 1955
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1/28/1978

1960

Right Worshipful Lewis Raymond Snyder

Initiated: 10/31/1952, Passed: 1/16/1953, Raised: 3/7/1953 (Norview Lodge No. 113)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196, UD: 1954
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
25-Year Veteran: 1978
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 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)
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
Charter Member, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 1968
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1970
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
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
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, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
25 Year Veteran: June 1975
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 8/15/1975

1965

Worshipful Elwood Marvin Grant

First Petitioner of Kempsville Lodge No. 196, UD
Initiated: 9/21/1954, Passed: 10/26/1954, Raised: 11/16/1954
First Master Mason of Record Raised by Kempsville Lodge
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
Charter Member, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 1968

Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1968
50-Year Veteran: 2004
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 9/18/2010

1966

Right Worshipful Earl Lewis Polhamus, Jr.

Initiated: 9/24/1957, Passed: 11/26/1957, Raised: 2/4/1958
Charter Member, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 1968
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1969
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 36-A: 1972 *
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 10/19/1973

* Virginia Beach Lodges designated as District 36-A: 1971 - 1975

1967

Worshipful Arthur Bulman, Jr.

Initiated: 11/20/1956, Passed: 2/5/1957, Raised: 3/5/1957
Treasurer, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1967
25 Year Veteran: 1982
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 11/1/1993

1968

Right Worshipful William Harry Holland

Initiated: 10/16/1956, Passed: 1/22/1957, Raised: 3/19/1957
Secretary, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1967
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 25: 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
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 5/17/2015

1969

Right Worshipful Dwight Paul Jones

Initiated: 7/18/1960, Passed: 10/3/1960, Raised: 11/1/1960
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 1978
25 Year Veteran: 1985
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
Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: term ended NOV 2022
60-Year Veteran: 2021
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 12/22/2022

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
25 Year Veteran: 1974
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, Norfolk Scottish Rite
Member, Great Bridge Royal Arch
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch No. 1607

Member, Kempsville Chapter of the Order of the Easter Star
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56 : 1984
District Education Officer, 56th District: 1985 - 2006
25-Year Veteran: 1989
Coroneted 33°, Inspector General Honorary: 2001
Venerable Master, Norfolk Lodge of Perfection: 2006
Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: term ended 2008
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
50-Year Veteran: 2009
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
50-Year Veteran: 1998
Honorary Member: 1999
60 Year Veteran: 2008
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 6/4/2015

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

25-Year Veteran: 1988
District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 1990
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 6/13/2011

1976

Right Worshipful Vernon Bernell Benjaminson

Initiated: 7/21/1964, Passed: 9/22/1964, Raised: 11/21/1964
25-Year Veteran: 1989
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 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
50-Year Veteran: 2019
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2022

1978

Worshipful Monte Pearson Howell

Initiated: 2/24/1970, Passed: 3/24/1970, Raised: 5/26/1970
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1978
50-Year Veteran: 2021

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
Honorary Member: 2004

60-Year Veteran: 2013
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 4/11/2019

1980

Worshipful Frank Leroy Creasy

Initiated: 4/17/1973, Passed: 5/22/1973, Raised: 6/9/1973
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1980
Recipient, Committee on Work Gold Card No. 49, dated 1/8/1981
District Instructor of Work, 56th District, 1988
25-Year Veteran: 1998

Life Member in Perpetuity: 2017
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 12/22/2021

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
25 Year Veteran: 1984
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

Served as District Deputy Grand Master, Caribbean Naval District, US Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: 1988 - 1992
Recipient, Joseph Warren Medal, presented by Most Worshipful Albert Ames during official visit to Caribbean Naval Lodge: 1992
Life Member In Perpetuity, Caribbean Naval Lodge: 1992
25 Year Veteran: 1996
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2011
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2014
50-Year Veteran: 2021
50-Year Veteran recognition, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts: 2021
50-Year Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Easter Star: 2024

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
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 2003
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2008, 2012
Lodge Instructor of Work, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1980 - 2002, 2004 - 2005, 2009, 2012 - present
Honorary Member, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2015
Honorary Member, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2015
50-Year Veteran: 2016
Honorary Member, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2018
Consolidation Affiliation, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2019
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 7/4/2024

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

Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: 2005 - 2023
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2009
60-Year Veteran: 2023

1985

Worshipful Wallace Tuck Pittard

Initiated: 1/23/62, Passed: 3/20/1962, Raised: 4/9/1963
Member, Khedive Shrine
25 Year Veteran: 1988
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
25 Year Veteran: 2000

Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2013
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 8/1/2021

1987

Worshipful Ralph Weldon Ward

Initiated: 6/7/1976, Passed: 9/28/1976, Raised: 11/23/1976
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1979
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1979
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1987
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1987

Director, Khedive Hillbillies: 1990
25 Year Veteran: 2001
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 8/12/2020

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

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
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2013

50-Year Veteran: 2020

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

50 Year Veteran: 1997
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
25 Year Veteran: 2006
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2/2/2016

1992

Right 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
25-Year Veteran: 2002
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2009
Potentate, Khedive Shrine: 2011
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 2013
Affiliated, Hickory Flat Lodge No. 205 (Georgia): 2014
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 08/24/2022

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
25 Year Veteran: 2008
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 3/29/2015

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
25 Year Veteran: 2005
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2005, 2008
Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2007 - 2008
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 11/11/2021

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

Right Worshipful Robert Wesley Stanek

Initiated: 7/28/1977, Passed: 9/22/1977, Raised: 10/27/1977 (Sandston Lodge No. 216, Sandston, VA)
Affiliated, Lynnhaven Lodge No. 220: 1984
Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 1985
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1985
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1989

Degree of Past Master: Provisional Lodge of PMs, PA-RAC 1607, 10/26/93
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 1996
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 1996
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1996
Recipient, DeMolay Honorary Legion of Honor: 1996
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 1997
25-Year Masonic Veteran: 2002
Lodge Instructor of Work, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2003
Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: 2008 - 2013
Served as Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009 - 2023
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2011
Elected District Deputy Grand Master Nominee for Dist. 56, 2021: 2019
Plural Life-Membership: Bannack Historic Lodge No. 3-7-77, Montana: 2019
Grand Lodge Committee on LMIP: 2021-2022
Dual Membership: Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2021
Nominee for District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 2019
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 2021-2022
Grand Lodge Committee on Security: 2024
Member, Princess Anne Chapter No.1607, Royal Arch Masons: 2024

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
Member, Khedive Shrine

Affiliated, Royal White Hart Lodge No. 2, Halifax, NC: 2012
25 Year Veteran: 2015

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

Member, Khedive Shrine
25 Year Veteran: 2016

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
25 Year Veteran: 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 No. 129
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
60-Year DeMolay Veteran's Recognition: 2017
25 Year Veteran: 2018

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
Affiliated, Berkley Lodge No. 167: 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
Life Member in Perpetuity, Berkley Lodge No. 167: 2006
Demit from Kempsville Lodge: 2020
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 7/13/2020

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
Invested Knights Commander Court of Honor, Scottish Rite Masons: 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
25 Year Veteran: 2016

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 - 2018
Grand Lodge of Virginia Silver Card: 2007
Member, Grand Lodge of Virginia Committee on Masonic Relief: 2007 - 2018
25 Year Veteran: 2009
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2010, 2011
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 10/24/2018

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: 2/29/2000, 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

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
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56 (elected from BAY218): 2011
Member, Order of the Eastern Star Kempsville Chapter No. 173: 2013
Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: 2014 - 2022
Grand Tiler, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 2014
50 Year Veteran: 2015
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 10/31/2022

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, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2005
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2010
District Funeral Committee Chairman: 2017
Lodge Education Officer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2018

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
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2007
Life Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2008

Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2008
Completed Grand Lodge Masonic Leadership Program Course I, II, III: 2008, Course IV:2009
Member, Order of the Eastern Star Kempsville Chapter No. 173: 2009
Member in Perpetuity, National Sojourner Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6: 2010
Recipient, National Sojourners Bridge of Light Award: 2010, 2011
Valley Fellow, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2010
Invested Knights Commander Court of Honor, Scottish Rite Masons: 2011
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2011
Recipient, Grand Master's Award of Excellence: 2011
Recipient, Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2011
Recipient, Get Fired Up! Award, Member Category: 2011
Hero of '76, Yorktown Camp of Heroes of '76: 2011
Affiliated, Newport News Scottish Rite: 2013
Member in Perpetuity, National Sojourners Past Masters Chapter No. 997: 2014
Master of Consistory, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2015
President, Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6: 2014, 2015, 2016
Camp Commander, Yorktown Camp of Heroes of '76: 2016, 2016
Honorary Member of the Order of Demolay 2016
Appointed Promoter of Fraternal Relations, Bethel 42: 2017
Member Royal Arch Princess Anne Chapter No. 1607: 2017
Appointed Acting Committee Chairman for Membership Committee National Sojourners 2017
Treasurer, Scooter Patrol: 2018
District Masonic Home Ambassador: 2017, 2018
Tidewater Region MAHOVA Committeeman: 2018
Royal Order of Barrow Wheeler, National Sojourners: 2018
Appointed Committee Chairman for Membership Committee National Sojourners 2018
Member is Perpetuity National Sojourners Old Dominion Chapter No. 364: 2019
Appointed Regional Representative National Sojourners: 2019-2022
Member in Perpetuity National Sojourners 1776 Militia Chapter No. 560: 2019
Member in Perpetuity National Sojourners Patuxent Chapter No. 522: 2019
Elected Alternate District Deputy Grand Master Nominee of Dist. 56 for 2021: 2019
Member in Perpetuity National Sojourners Clarence H. Cohen Chapter No.162: 2019
Affiliated, Bannack Historic Lodge No. 3-7-77, Montana: 2020
Grand Lodge Committee on Masonic Home Ambassadors: 2020
Elected Scooter Patrol 1st Lieutenant 2020
Dual Membership: Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777: 2021
Elected Scooter Patrol Captain 2021
Dual Membership Payton Randolph Research Lodge No. 1774
Appointed Promoter of Fraternal Relations, Bethel 37: 2019-2021
Appointed Associate Bethel Guardian, Bethel 37: 2021-2022
Appointed Grand Junior Custodian, Grand Guardian Council: 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Elected Commander of the Council of Kadosh, Norfolk Scottish Rite Valley: 2022
Appointed Area Representative South Area National Sojourners: 2022
Appointed Promoter of Fraternal Relations Bethel 37, 2022
Elected Worthy Patron Kempsville Chapter No. 173 OES, 2022-2023
Elected National Sojourners Committee of 33: 2017, 2018, re-election due 2024
Appointed to be a Member of the Nominating Committee National Sojourners 2022 and 2023
Treasurer, Virginia Research Lodge: 2023 - present
Neptune Forest 141 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America Elected Grand Tall: 2023 - present
C. B. Vance Council Number 58 Allied Masonic Degrees Grand Council Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America initiated 12/2022 and elected Junior Deacon: 2023
High Priest, Princess Anne Royal Arch Chapter 1607, Capitular Year 2024-2025

2012

Worshipful William T. Peterson

Initiated: 5/1/2007, Passed: 6/2/2007, Raised: 7/3/2007
Member, Norfolk United Royal Arch No. 1: 2008
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch No. 1607: 2008
Member, Norfolk Valley Scottish Rite: 2008
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2009

Life Member in Perpetuity (K'ville 196): 2011
Member, Grice Commandry No. 16: 2011
Recipient, Outstanding Worshipful Master: 2012
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2012
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2012
(See year 2015 for further data...)

2013

Worshipful Jerry Hallal

Initiated: 8/28/2007, Passed: 11/6/2007, Raised: 1/22/2008
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2011
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2013
Recipient, Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2013
Recipient, Stokes Award: 2013

Entered the Celestial Lodge: 4/17/2024

2014

Right 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
Director, Omar Indians, Omar Shrine Circus: 1984
Treasurer, Omar Indians, Omar Shrine Circus: 1985
Treasurer, Dorchester Masonic Lodge No. 389, Charleston, SC: 1987-1991

Mason of the Year, Dorchester Masonic Lodge No. 389, Charleston, SC: 1988
Worthy Patron, Jesse Belle Shonk No. 269 Order of the Eastern Star, Charleston, SC: 1989, 1993, 1994
Rainbow Dad, Dorchester Waylyn Assembly No. 20, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls: 1993
25 Year Veteran: 2002
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2006
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2006, 2010, 2011, 2018
Assistant Lecturer, District 32, Grand Chapter of Virginia, Order of the Easter Star: 2008-2009
Life Member in Perpetuity, Norfolk Valley, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite: 2009
Invested Knights Commander Court of Honor, Scottish Rite Masons: 2009
Life Member in Perpetuity (K'ville 196): 2009
Affiliated, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2010
Worshipful Master, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2011
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch Chapter No. 1607: 2011
Member, Princess Anne Council No. 129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2011
Director of Work, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2012-present
Life Member, Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6, National Sojourners
President, Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6, National Sojourners: 2013
Chief of Staff, Yorktown Camp, Heroes of '76: 2013
Commander, Norfolk Council of Kadosh, Norfolk Valley, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite: 2014
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2014
Recipient, Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2014
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2014
Sovereign Master, Princess Anne Council No. 129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2017
Served as District Deputy Grand Master, District 56 (elected from BAY218): 2017

2015

Worshipful William T. Peterson

Initiated: 5/1/2007, Passed: 6/2/2007, Raised: 7/3/2007
(See year 2012 for information previous to 2015)
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2015
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2015
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2015

Invested Knights Commander Court of Honor, Scottish Rite Masons: 2015
Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees: 2015
Companion Knight, Hampton Roads York Rite College No. 95: 2015
The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plasterers and Bricklayers (The Operatives), The United States of America Region: 2017
Virginia Research Chapter 1753: 2017
Masonic Order of Athelstan: 2018
Grand Council of Knight Masons of the United States of America, Emerald Isle Council # 30: 2018
Red Cross of Constantine, Saint Polycarp Conclave: 2018
District VACHIP Director: 2017 & 2018
District Education Officer: 2018 - 2022
Sovereign Master, Princess Anne Counsel #129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2019
High Priest, Princess Anne Royal Arch Chapter 1607, Capitular Year 2020-2021
High Priest, Virginia Research Royal Arch Chapter 1753, Capitular Year 2020-2021
Dual Membership: Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777: 2021
Coroneted 33°, Inspector General Honorary: 2021
Grand Lodge Committee on Lodge By-laws and Charters: 2022
Commemorative Order of St Thomas of Acon, Old Dominion Chapel 19: 2022
Commander, Virginia Beach Commandery 36, March 2023 (2023-2024)
Governor, Hampton Roads York Rite College 95, April 2023 (2023-2024)
District Deputy Grand High Priest, Royal Arch Masons in Virginia, District No. 2: 2024-2025

2016

Worshipful Robert Scott Foxwell

Initiated: 6/4/2002, Passed: 7/23/2002, Raised: 8/27/2002
Member, Order of DeMolay
Member, Khedive Shrine
Member, Khedive Shrine Band
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2010

Chaplain, Khedive Shrine: 2011, 2013-present
Member, Royal Order of Jesters: 2011
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2016
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2016
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2016
Lodge Musician: 2017 - present
Potentate, Khedive Shrine: 2022

2017

Worshipful Gregory Cooling Muir

Initiated: 4/27/2010, Passed: 8/19/2010, Raised: 10/26/2010
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2010
Life Member in Perpetuity, Norfolk Valley, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite: 2011
Member in Perpetuity, National Sojourners: 2011
Member, Khedive Shrine: 2011

Affiliated, Union Lodge No. 48, Elkton, MD: 2016
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2017
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2017

2018

Worshipful Alton Lee Christopher Anders, Jr.

Initiated: 11/23/2010, Passed: 3/1/2011, Raised: 5/3/2011
Member, Khedive Shriners: 2011
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Masonic Lodge: 2012
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2016
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2018

Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2018
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2018
Treasurer: 2019 - present

2019

Worshipful Roger Wayne Taylor

Initiated: 6/22/2010, Passed: 8/21/2010, Raised: 3/29/2011
Member, Khedive Shriners: 2011
Member, Princess Anne Chapter No.1607 Royal Arch Masons: 2016
Member, Princess Anne Council No.129 Allied Masonic Degrees: 2016
Member, Grice Commandery No.16 Knights Templar: 2016

Member, Virginia Research Lodge No.1777: 2017
Member, Virginia Research Royal Arch Chapter No. 1753: 2017
Member, Emerald Isle Council No. 30 Knight Masons: 2018
Treasurer, Emerald Isle Council No.30, Knight Masons of the United States of America: 2019
Companion Knight, Hampton Roads York Rite College No. 95: 2019
Installed: Sword Bearer of Virginia Beach Commandery #36 (UD): 2019
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2019
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2019
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2019
Recipient, Grand Lodge Red Cross Gift of Life Award: 2019
Charter Member, Virginia Beach Commandery No. 36 Knights Templar: 2020
Appointed, Captain of the Host, Princess Anne Royal Arch Chapter No. 1607: 2022
Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: 11/8/2022
Appointed, Grand Associate Steward, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia: 2022
Recipient, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia Ish Sodi Award: 2022
Appointed, District Lecturer for the 2nd Capitular District Royal Arch Masons: 2022
Appointed, Assistant District Lecture for the 2nd Chivalric District Knights Templar: 2022
Commander, Virginia Beach Commandery No.36: 2024/2025
Grand Tiler, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia: 2024/2025

2020

Worshipful David Mathew Trzeciakiewicz

Initiated: 1/20/2015, Passed: 3/17/2015, Raised: 4/28/2015
Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2015
Member, Princess Anne Chapter No.1607 Royal Arch Masons: 2016
Member, Princess Anne Council No.129 Allied Masonic Degrees: 2016
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2020

Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2020/2021
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2020/2021
Lodge Instructor of Work, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2022
Demitted: 9/16/2022
Affiliated with Norfolk Lodge No. 1: 12/1/22.

2021

Worshipful Michael Leroy Denning

Initiated: 10/21/2014, Passed: 3/2/2015, Raised: 3/31/2015
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Masonic Lodge: 2016
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2020/2021
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2020/2021
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2021

Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: 11/8/2022
Assistant Secretary: 2023

2022

Worshipful John Robert Settle, III

Initiated: 11/12/14, Passed: 3/17/2015, Raised: 4/21/2015
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Masonic Lodge: 2017
Mason of the year: 2017
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2022
Trustee, Kempsville Lodge: 1/10/2023

2023

Patrick Dennis Blankenship

Initiated: 8/28/2012, Passed: 10/16/2012, Raised: 11/20/2012
Mason of the year: 2016
Lodge Blood Coordinator: 2014-2019
District Blood Coordinator: 2014-2019
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch Chapter No. 1607

Lodge Officer of the Year: 2020
Recipient, Morlock Award: 2023
Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2023
Recipient, Dr. Seymour Jonas Levy Blood Program Certificate: 2023
Recipient: George H. Chapin Award for “Building Bridges” for philanthropic service to the community: 2023

2024

Michael Aldon Turner

Initiated: 4/17/2018, Passed: 7/24/2018, Raised: 10/30/2018
Life Membership in Perpetuity, Kempsville Masonic Lodge: 2018
Member, Bannack Historic No. 3777, Grand Lodge of Montana AF&AM: 2018

2025

Justin Marshall Gray

Initiated: 9/19/2006, Passed: 10/24/2006, Raised: 11/21/2006

Affiliated Past Masters

1933

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, District 34: 1937
25 Year Veteran: 1948
Secretary, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1954 (UD) and 1955

Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 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

1941

Worshipful Levi Harold Jackson

Initiated: 10/1934, Passed: 11/1934, Raised: 11/1934 (Owens Lodge No. 164)
Worshipful Master, Owens Lodge No. 164: 1941
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
25 Year Veteran: 1959
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1984

1944

Most Worshipful Willis Vernon Fentress

Initiated: 6/25/1918, Passed: 7/5/1918, Raised: 7/12/1918 (Ruth Lodge No. 89, Norfolk, VA)
Member, Norfolk United Royal Arch: 1919
Member, Virginia Chapter No. 122, OES: 1939
25 Year Masonic Veteran: 1943
Worshipful Master, Ruth Lodge No. 89: 1944

Member, Grice Commandery: 1952
Member, Khedive Shrine: 1952
Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 1956
Affiliated, Virginia Beach No. 274: 1956
Affiliated, Victoria No. 304: 1956
Elected to Honorary Membership, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 10/9/1956
Affiliated, Ocean View Lodge No. 335: 1963
Affiliated, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 1967
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 4/23/68

1946

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: 1946
Charter Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1955
25 Year Veteran: 1963
Demitted from Kempsville Lodge: 1964

1949

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: 1955
Charter Member, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 1968
Treasurer, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1954 (UD), and 1955 - 1978

25 Year Veteran: 1961
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1979

1953

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
District Deputy Grand Master, District 12: 1962
Honorary Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1980
Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 1981

50 Year Veteran: 1998
60 Year Veteran: 2008
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2014

1954

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
50 Year Veteran: 1998

Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2008
60 Year Veteran: 2008
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 12/31/2013

1966

Worshipful Christopher J. Jaeger

Initiated: 12/9/1957, Passed: 1/24/1958, Raised: 3/14/1958 (Tilden Lodge No. 183, New Jersey)
Worshipful Master, Tilden Lodge No. 183, New Jersey: 1966
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2003
Member, Khedive Shrine, Hillbillies Unit
60-Year Veteran: 2018

Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2023

1967

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
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2009
60 Year Veteran: 2017
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 9/17/20

1975

Worshipful Melvin Sherwin Mizelle

Initiated: 4/17/1967, Passed: 6/6/1967, Raised: 7/25/1967 (Kempsville Lodge No. 196)
Affiliated, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 10/13/1967
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 1975
Worthy Patron, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 1986, 1996
Affiliated, Wiccacon Lodge No. 240, Harrellsville,NC: 2007

50 Year Veteran: 2017

1975

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
60-Year Veteran: 2015
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 6/22/2016

1975

Most Worshipful Wayne Sawyer Flora

Initiated: 1/11/1967, Passed: 2/8/1967, Raised: 3/8/1967 (Princess Anne Lodge No. 25)
Worshipful Master, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 1975
Secretary, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 1981-2000
District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 1988
Honorary Member, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 1989

Grand High Priest, Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons in Virginia: 2006
Life Member in Perpetuity, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2010
Grand Master of Masons in Virginia, 2014
Honorary Member, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2015
Honorary Member, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2015
Honorary Member, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 2015
Honorary Member, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2015
50-Year Veteran: 2017
Honorary Member, Bremond Lodge No. 241: 2018

1978

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

25 Year Veteran: 1997
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

1981

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
25 Year Veteran: 1998

Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2005

1981

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
Demit, Ocean View Lodge No. 335: 1998
Member, Khedive Shrine Temple
Affiliated, Bayside Lodge No 218: 2021
Treasurer, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2022
Affiliated, Unanimity & Sincerity Lodge No 261, Taunton, UK, U.G.L.E.: 2022
Mason of the Year: 2022
50-Year Veteran: 2023
Lodge Instructor of Work: 2023

1984

Worshipful Robert George Lockwood

Initiated: 12/21/1948, Passed: 3/22/1949, Raised: 4/18/1949 (Oceanview Lodge No. 335)
Affiliated, Ocean View No. 335: 1971
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
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2/5/2016

1986

Worshipful Robert Melvin Ohman

Initiated: 9/21/65, Passed: 10/26/65, Raised: 11/11/65 (Oceanview Lodge No. 335)
Worshipful Master, Oceanview Lodge No. 335: 1986
Life Member in Perpetuity, Ocean View Lodge No. 335: 1992
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1992
Commander, Norfolk Council of Kadosh: 1993

25 Year Veteran: 1990
Affiliated, Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777: 1998
Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary: 1999
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 4/23/2011

1986

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

25 Year Veteran: 2004
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2006
Member, Kempsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star: 2011
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 2/6/2021

1988

Right Worshipful Paul Wesley 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
Invested Knights Commander Court of Honor, Scottish Rite Masons: 1995
Assistant Director of Work (Degrees 4-14), Norfolk 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°, Scottish Rite Masons: 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, Norfolk 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
Member, Grand Lodge of Virginia Committee on Masonic Education: 2010 - present
Grand Purveyor, Grand Lodge of Virginia: 2012
50 Year Veteran: 2018

1992

Worshipful David Howard Weast

Initiated: 9/17/1987, Passed: 10/22/1987, Raised: 12/5/1987 (Claude H. Morrison Lodge No. 747, San Diego, California)
Worshipful Master, Claude H. Morrison Lodge No. 747, California: 1992
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1995
Life Member in Perpetuity: 2010
25 Year Veteran: 2012

1993

Worshipful Ricky Trevor West

Initiated: 3/17/1983, Passed: 10/27/1983, Raised: 12/01/1983 (Charles T. Morton Lodge No. 232)
Worshipful Master, Charles T. Morton Lodge No. 232: 1993 & 2007
25 Year Veteran: 2008
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2016

1994

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
25 Year Veteran: 2013

1995

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

50 Year Masonic Veteran: 2011
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 10/28/2016

1998

Right Worshipful Philip Kee Poffenbarger, Jr.

Initiated: 9/3/1980, Passed: 10/1/1980, Raised: 11/5/1980 (Odenton Lodge No. 209, Odenton, MD)
Worshipful Master, Tidal Wave Lodge No. 273: 1998
25 Year Veteran: 2005
Worshipful Master, Seaboard Lodge No. 56: 2002, 2012
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2013

Life Member in Perpetuity: 2013
Worshipful Master, Western Branch No. 189: 2009, & 2014 - 2017
District Deputy Grand Master, District 33: 2018
Trustee Western Branch Lodge No. 189: 2020

2000

Worshipful Harry Joseph Kellett

Initiated: 5/22/1968, Passed: 6/11/1968, Raised: 7/4/1968 (Pleasant Lodge No. 134, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Affiliated, Providence Lodge No. 678 (Columbia, NC): 1992
Worshipful Master, Providence Lodge No. 678: 2000
Member Columbia OES Chapter 281 (Columbia, NC): 2000
Affiliated, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2005

Masonic Home Ambassador, 56th District: 2012
Member, Princess Anne Royal Arch Chapter No. 1607: 2013
Worshipful Master, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2013
Lodge Instructor of Work, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2014 - 2016
Member, Princess Anne Council No. 129, Allied Masonic Degrees: 2017
50 Year Veteran: 2018
Consolidation Affiliation, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2019
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2021

2002

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

2005

Right Worshipful Michael Dennis Scott

Initiated: 11/19/1982, Passed: 3/11/1983, Raised: 3/25/1983 (Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296)
Life member in Perpetuity, Willis V. Fentress No. 296: 2000
Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary: 2001
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 2005
25 Year Veteran: 2008

Honorary Member, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2015
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2017
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2017
District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 2018
Consolidation Affiliation, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2019

2008

Worshipful Brian Edward Parton

Initiated: 1/16/2001, Passed: 3/6/2001, Raised: 4/23/2001 (Kempsville Lodge No. 196)
Member, Khedive Shrine
Affiliated, Caribbean Naval Lodge\MA, Guantanamo, Cuba: 2001
Affiliated, John J. Kestly/George Washington Lodge No. 60/69, AF&AM, Rota, Spain: 2008
Worshipful Master, John J. Kestly/George Washington Lodge No. 60/69, AF&AM, Rota, Spain: 2008

2008

Worshipful Michael Thomas Brolly

Initiated: 9/28/1994, Passed: 11/12/1994, Raised 12/14/1994 (Wantagh Morton No. 63, Baldwin. NY)
Affiliated, Civil War Research Lodge No. 1865, GLVA: 1999
Worshipful Master, Stuart Manor-St. Albans No. 56 (NY): 2008
Affiliated, Kensington-Bethesda Lodge No. 198, (MD): 2012
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2023

2009

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
25 Year Veteran: 2007
Worshipful Master, Atlantic Lodge No. 2: 2009
Entered the Celestial Lodge: 1/3/23

2012

Worshipful Charles George Ryan

Initiated: 1/20/2006, Passed: 1/25/2007, Raised 11/1/2007 (Chase City Lodge No. 119)
Worshipful Master, Chase City Lodge No. 119, Chase CIty, VA: 2012
Affiliated, South Hill Lodge No. 297, 2014
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2018

2014

Worshipful Arthur Fredrick Wadford, Jr.

Initiated: 8/21/2007, Passed: 11/27/2007, Raised 2/19/2008 (Kempsville Lodge No. 196)
Affiliated, Salado Lodge No. 296 (Texas): 2009
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2010
Worshipful Master, Salado Lodge No. 296, Salado, TX: 2014

2015

Worshipful Harold Campbell

Initiated: 3/17/2010, Passed: 9/29/2010, Raised: 11/12/2010 (Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274)
Worshipful Master, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2015
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2016
Consolidation Affiliation, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2019
Life Member in Perpetuity, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2019

District MAHOVA Ambassador: 2020-2022

2015

Worshipful Kevin Randall Saenz

Initiated: 10/12/2005, Passed: 11/16/2005, Raised 2/8/2006 (Oconomowoc-Hartland Lodge No. 42, Oconomowoc, WI)
Affiliated, Dousman Lodge No. 315: 2010
Worshipful Master, Dousman Lodge No. 793 (WI): 2015
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2021

2016

Worshipful Robert Worthington

Initiated: 5/4/2004, Passed: 10/11/2004, Raised: 10/26/2004 (Kempsville Lodge No. 196)
Life Member in Perpetuity Kempsville Lodge: 2009
Affiliated, Olive Branch Lodge No. 114: 2015
Worshipful Master, Olive Branch Lodge No. 114: 2016
Elected, Grand Outer Guard, Grand Guardian Council of Virginia International Order of Jobs Daughters: 2016

Life Member in Perpetuity Olive Branch Lodge: 2017
Affiliated Herndon Lodge No. 264: 2018
DEO, District 2: 2018
Elected, Grand Guardian Council of Virginia International Order of Jobs Daughters: 2019

2018

Worshipful Brian Lynnwood Cox

Initiated: 9/8/1977, Passed: 10/27/1977, Raised: 11/17/1977 (Claude H. Morrison No. 747, San Diego, California)
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 1981
Affiliated, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2013
Demit, Kempsville No.196: 2014
Life Member in Perpetuity, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2014

Worshipful Master, Virginia Beach Lodge No. 274: 2018, 2019
Consolidation Affiliation, Princess Anne Lodge No. 25: 2019
Re-Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2019
Member, Princess Anne Council No. 129 Allied Masonic Degrees: 2019
High Priest, Princess Anne Royal Arch Chapter, 2022

2018

Worshipful Dominick DiColandrea

Initiated: 4/28/2010, Passed: 10/20/2010, Raised 12/8/2010 (Babylon Lodge No. 793, Babylon, NY)
Worshipful Master, Babylon Lodge No. 793 (NY): 2018
Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2021

2020

Worshipful Edward Joseph Foley

Initiated: 5/27/1992, Passed: 10/6/1992, Raised: 2/2/1993 (Kempsville Lodge No. 196)
Affiliated Corinthian Lodge No. 266: 2014
25-year Veteran: 2018
Worshipful Master, Corinthian Lodge No. 266: 2020

2022

Worshipful Franklin Linwood Beard, Jr.

Initiated: 1/19/1973, Passed: 2/23/1973, Raised: 3/23/1973 (Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296)
Affiliated Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 2017
LMIP, Kempsville Lodge: 2017
Worshipful Master, Willis V. Fentress Lodge No. 296: 2022 & 2023

2023

Worshipful John Newton Farr

Initiated: 5/26/1998, Passed: 6/30/1998, Raised: 8/4/1998 (Kempsville Lodge No. 196)
Affiliated Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2018
Worshipful Master, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2023
LMIP, Bayside 218: 2023
25-year Veteran: 2023

Grand Lodge Committee on Security: 2023

2023

Elias Anacio Voces, Jr.

Initiated: 3/26/1983, Passed: 6/18/1983, Raised: 9/10/1983 (Victory Daylight Lodge No. 1778)
25 Year Veteran: 2008
Affiliated Naomi Lodge No. 87: 2/5/2010
Affiliated Bayside Lodge No. 218: 5/4/2017
Worshipful Master, Bayside Lodge No. 218: 2020

Affiliated, Kempsville Lodge No. 196: 3/14/2023
District Deputy Grand Master, District 56: 2023-2024 (elected from Bayside Lodge No. 218)