Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina
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Proceedings Of The Grand Lodge Of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons Of North Carolina 2006 Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina 3 Gene T. Jernigan Grand Master 2006 4 Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Gene Tart Jernigan Gene Tart Jernigan was born August 16, 1948, in Sampson County to Clarence Eugene Jernigan and Llewellyn Tart Jernigan. He is a 1966 graduate of Midway High School in Dunn and received a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971. He is a graduate of the School of Banking of the South at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA. From 1971 through 1983, he was employed as vice-president of North Carolina National Bank and predecessor banks, working in Havelock, Garner, Raleigh, and Dunn. Since 1983, he has been employed with Bemco Sleep Products, Inc. in Dunn which he currently serves as president. Jernigan attends Lee’s Chapel Free Will Baptist Church where he is a deacon and former Sunday School superintendent. He is past pres- ident of the Dunn Area Chamber of Commerce, where he was honored as Man of The Year in 1990. Jernigan and his business were named Dunn’s Small Business of the Year in 2001. He is past president of the Dunn Rotary Club which honored him as a Paul Harris Fellow. He serves on the Board of Directors of Triangle South Enterprise Center, the Dunn Area Committee of 100, the John H. Wellons Foundation, Inc., the local advisory board of RBC-Centura Bank, is chairman of the Advisory Board for the Sampson County Board of Education, and is on the Board of Trustees of Mount Olive College. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of Central Carolina Community College Foundation. Jernigan was raised in Mingo 206 in Dunn on August 13, 1970. He served as their master in 1984 and as district deputy grand master of the then 15th Masonic District from 1993 through 1995. He is a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason; a member of Raleigh York Rite Bodies; Sudan Temple Shrine; Royal Order of Scotland; North Carolina College of Rosicrucians; and is past president of Chapter 97 of National Sojourners. He has served or is currently serving on the Grand Lodge Finance Committee; Committee on Jurisprudence; Board of General Purposes; and the boards at both the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford and the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Jernigan is married to the former Charlla Martin of Raleigh, and they have two sons, Trent and Martin. Trent, his wife Kate, and their son James live in Winston-Salem. Martin lives in Chapel Hill and attends The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina 5 Past Grand Masters A list of the Past Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina from 1787 to 2005 inclusive, and dates when elected. Samuel Johnston................1787 John W. Cotten ..............1893, ’94 Richard Caswell ................1788 Frances M. Moye ............1895, ’96 Samuel Johnston ........ 1789, ’90, ’91 Walter E. Moore .............1897, ’98 Wm. R. Davie ........ 1792, ’93, ’94, ’95 Richard J. Noble ................1899 ’96, ’97, ’98 B. S. Royster ................1900, ’01 William Polk ...........1799, 1800, ’01 H. I. Clark .................1902, ’03 John L. Taylor........... 1802, ’03, ’04 W. S. Liddell ................1904, ’05 John Hall................1805, ’06, 07 Francis D. Winston ...........1906, ’07 Benjamin Smith . 1808, ’09, ’10 Samuel M. Gattis ............1908, ’09 Robert Williams ......... 1811, ’12, ’13 Richard N. Hackett . 1910, ’11 John L. Taylor........... 1814, ’15, ’16 W. B. McKoy . .1912 Calvin Jones . 1817, ’18, ’19 F. M. Winchester................1913 John A. Cameron ............1820, ’21 John T. Alderman ...............1914 James S. Smith .................1822 F. P. Hobgood Jr ................1915 Robert Strange ..............1823, ’24 A. B. Andrews Jr. .1916 H. G. Burton ................1825, ’26 Claude L. Pridgen . 1917 L. D. Wilson............. 1827, ’28, ’29 George S. Norfleet...............1918 R. D. Spaight Jr. .............1830, ’31 Henry A. Grady . 1919 S. J. Baker.....................1832 James C. Braswell ..............1920 S. F. Patterson ..............1833, ’34 J. Bailey Owen .................1921 L. H. Marsteller .............1835, ’36 James H. Webb .................1922 D. W. Stone ............ 1837, ’38, ’39 Hubert McN. Poteat .............1923 S. J. Baker ....................1840 James LeG. Everett .............1924 D. L. Crenshaw .................1841 Leon Cash . .1925 J. H. Wheeler ...............1842, ’43 John E. Cameron ...............1926 P. W. Fanning . 1844, ’45, ’46 John H. Anderson ...............1927 W. F. Collins ............ 1847, ’48, ’49 Raymond C. Dunn...............1928 A. J. Jenkins ............ 1850, ’51, ’52 John J. Phoenix ................1929 Clement H. Jordan ..........1853, ’54 E. W. Timberlake Jr. 1930 P. A. Holt...................1855, ’56 J. W. Winborne ................1931 Alfred Martin ...............1857, ’58 H. C. Alexander . 1932 Lewis S. Williams . .1859, ’60 P. T. Wilson ....................1933 W. G. Hill . 1861 R. F. Ebbs . .1934 E. F. Watson ................1862, ’63 Charles B. Newcomb . 1935 John McCormick ................1864 J. Giles Hudson.................1936 E. G. Reade .................1865, ’66 Watson N. Sherrod ..............1937 R. W. Best .....................1867 Harry T. Patterson . .1938 Robert B. Vance. .............1868, ’69 J. Edward Allen ................1939 Charles C. Clark .............1870, ’71 Thomas J. Harkins . .............1940 John Nichols ................1872, ’73 Charles P. Eldridge..............1941 George W. Blount ............1874, ’75 James E. Shipman ..............1942 Horace H. Munson ...........1867, ’77 James W. Payne ................1943 William R. Cox ..............1878, ’79 Julius C. Hobbs . 1944 Henry F. Grainger ...........1880, ’81 Clyde H. Jarrett ................1945 Robert Bingham ......... 1882, ’83, ’84 William J. Bundy ...............1946 Fabius H. Busbee ............1885, ’86 Luther T. Hartsell Jr.............1947 C. H. Robinson ..............1887, ’88 Maxwell E. Hoffman.............1948 Samuel H. Smith.............1889, ’90 Wilkins P. Horton ...............1949 Hezekiah A. Gudger . .1891, ’92 Wallace E. Caldwell .............1950 6 Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Herbert M. Foy . .1951 William B. Bellois ...............1979 William H. White ...............1952 E. Stansil Aldridge ..............1980 Edwin T. Howard ...............1953 Nelson B. Banks . 1981 Robert L. Pugh . .1954 A. C. Honeycutt . 1982 Charles H. Pugh . 1955 Cecil J. Liverman ...............1983 John C. Vance ..................1956 I. Boyd Hopkins ................1984 Charles A. Harris ...............1957 Norburn C. Hyatt................1985 James G. Johnston . 1958 Walter F. McCall................1986 W. Eli Hand ...................1959 Eddie P. Stiles..................1987 Harvey W. Smith ...............1960 Lee Roy Thomas Jr. .............1988 James W. Brewer ...............1961 Jerry G. Tart ...................1989 Charles C. Ricker ...............1962 Bunn T. Phillips Jr. .............1990 W. Edward Burrier ..............1963 Lester Poindexter Martin Jr. ......1991 G. Dudley Humphrey ............1964 Ray Norris .....................1992 Sam A. Hennis Jr................1965 Richard G. Moore ...............1993 Arnold J. Koonce . .1966 William Bailey Brunk ...........1994 Alfred A. Kafer Jr. ..............1967 Clifton W. Everett Jr. ............1995 Robert N. Bass Jr................1968 William H. Simpson .............1996 William A. Hooks ...............1969 Gerry T. Smith .................1997 Maurice E. Walsh ...............1970 Thomas W. Gregory . .1998 William W. Mims Jr. 1971 Charles M. Ingram . 1999 Berl M. Kahn . 1972 Charles E. Cathey . 2000 Nathaniel C. Dean ..............1973 William G. Mathis ..............2001 William L. Mills Jr...............1974 Jerry R. Tillett .................2002 S. Frank Noble Jr. ..............1975 Charles A. Lewis Jr. .............2003 Leslie H. Garner ................1976 Leonard Y. Safrit Jr..............2004 J. Earl Watson .................1977 Graham W. Pervier..............2005 Jacob C. Goodman Jr.............1978 Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina 7 Officers of the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of North Carolina 2006 Elected Officers Gene T. Jernigan (206)................................. Grand Master W. Berry Rigdon (472) ...........................Deputy Grand Master David R. Cash (374) . .Senior Grand Warden Dan C. Rice (409) ...............................Junior Grand Warden Clifton W. Everett Jr., PGM (708)......................Grand Treasurer T. Walton Clapp III (237) .............................Grand Secretary Appointed Officers William L. Dill (3)...............................Senior Grand Deacon Lewis R. Ledford (27) . Junior Grand Deacon Robert E. Gresham Jr. (703) ...........................Grand Marshal Dewey R. Preslar Jr. (576) .............................Grand Steward Dalton W. Mayo (98)..................................Grand Steward George Harold Wilson Jr. (206) ............................Grand Tyler Tommy Leon Jones (746) . Grand Chaplain Michael W. Brantley (500) ............................Grand Historian Robert D. Street (495).................................Grand Lecturer Bobby Ray Etheridge (302) . Grand Orator Jimmie Banks Hicks Jr. (3) ............................Judge Advocate 8 Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Past Grand Officers S. Frank Noble Jr. (3)..............................Grand