Lodge Officers for 2010

 

 Elected:  Zachary D. Arthur WM,  Jason B. Gregory SW,  Brad Q. Conard JW,  James E. Butch Kimbrell Treasurer,  Roger W. Gregory Secretary

      Appointed:   Mike Lancaster SD,  Jon Kendrick JD, Jimmy Kimbrell Chaplin,  Dean Tollison Tiler,  James Lancaster Steward , Stephen Root Steward

                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                              

    Worshipful Master 2010, Zachary D. Arthur

Brother Arthur was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on 04-05-05.  He is a member of the Union York Rite Bodies where he has served as Eminent Commander, High Priest, and Illustrious Master. Brother Zack is a member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Rock Hill 18º, and the Scottish Rite Valley of Columbia 32°., and is a Super Excellent Master in Union Council # 5 Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of S.C. He is also a member of  Martha Chapter  # 79 Order of the  Eastern Star,  and a Charter Member of Palmetto Forest # 206 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America and has received the Sidonian Degree. He is also a member of Piedmont Council #440 Allied Masonic Degrees (A.M.D.).  On Saturday WB Zack received his "Chair" Degrees and became a member of  the Grand Convention of Annointed High Priest, Thrice Illustrious Master's Council, and Knight Crusaders of the Cross.

 

 

 

 

Senior Warden, Jason Bradley Gregory

Brother Jason was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on November 28, 2000. He has serves as Steward, Junior Deacon, Senior Deacon, Junior Warden and presently Senior Warden. He is employed with the SC National Guard.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                        

                                                     Junior Warden,  Brad Q. Conard

Brother Conard was raised to the Sublime Degree of a a Master Mason on December 22, 2005. He is also a member of the Union York Rite Bodies, and is a Super Excellent Master in Union Council # 5 Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of S.C. Brother Conard is a Corporal with the S.C. Department of Corrections.

 

 

 

              Treasurer, James E. (Butch) Kimbrell          

Brother Kimbrell was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason on 10-13-1970. A former member and Past Master of John A. Fant # 334 before they merged with Union Lodge # 75,  He is a Member of the Union York Rite Bodies having served as High Priest, Illustrious Master and Eminent Commander, a Member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Rock Hill 18º, Scottish Rite Valley of Columbia 32°, Hejaz Shrine Temple, and a Charter Member of Piedmont Council # 440 Allied Masonic Degrees (A.M.D) in which he is presently serving as Sovereign Master. AMD degrees taken: Architect, Grand Architect, Superintendent, Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Knight of Constantinople, Masters of Tyre, Red Branch of Eri (1st degree Man at Arms, and 2nd degree Esquire.)

He is a Super Excellent Master, Thrice Illustrious Master, Annointed High Priest and Knight Crusaders of the Cross. He is also a member of Palmetto Priority  # 54 Knight of the York Cross of Honor (KYCH), and  a member of South Carolina Council # 20 Knight Masons of the U.S.A., He is also a Knight of York in Palmetto York Rite College # 70, and a member of the Hejaz Shrine Temple Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and a Charter Member of Palmetto Forest # 206 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America.

Brother Kimbrell has the distinct honor of having served as Master of two Masonic Lodges in Union County. Both John A. Fant # 334 now extinct and Union Lodge # 75. Brother Kimbrell retired once from the South Carolina Highway Patrol achieving the rank of Sergeant over Union County. After several years, Brother Kimbrell went back to work as a Trooper with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

 

  

                 Secretary, Roger W. Gregory             

                               District Deputy Grand Master of the 12th. Masonic District

Brother Gregory  was Raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on 05-11-81. He has served three times as Worshipful Master of Union Lodge # 75 in 1984, 1987, and 1989 and has served as Secretary since 1997. He is also a member of the Union York Rite Bodies having served as High Priest, Illustrious Master and Eminent Commander. Brother Gregory is a Charter Member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Rock Hill 18º, and also a member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Columbia 32° and Hejaz Shrine Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

A Charter member of Piedmont Council # 440 Allied Masonic Degrees (A.M.D) in which he serves as Junior Warden, and  a Dual Member of Spartan Council # 153 Allied Masonic Degrees (A.M.D.). AMD degrees taken: Architect, Grand Architect, Superintendent, Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Knight of Constantinople, Master of Tyre, Red Branch of Eri (1st degree Man at Arms, and 2nd degree Esquire.)

He is a Super Excellent Master in Union Council # 5 of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of South Carolina,  Member of Grand Convention of Annointed High Priest, Thrice Illustrious Master's Council, and Knight Crusaders of the Cross, and holds Honorary Life Memberships in Mt. Joy Masonic Lodge # 203, and Duncan Lodge # 256.  He is also a member of Palmetto Priority  # 54 Knight of the York Cross of Honor (KYCH), and a Knight of York in Palmetto York Rite College # 70, A Life Member of Samuel H. Womack Council #20 Knight Masons of the USA, and a Charter Member of Palmetto Forest # 206 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America and has received the Sidonian Degree.  Brother Gregory is presently holds the office of Senior Deputy Grand Tall Cedar of the Forest. He is a member and Secretary of the Union Temple Board that oversees maintenance and expenses of the Temple Building and grounds. 

On April 24, 2009 Brother Gregory was honored by the appointment of District Deputy Grand Master of the 12th. Masonic District for 2009-2011 by Most Worshipful Brother Barry A. Rickman, Grand Master of Masons of South Carolina.                               

 

 

                                                         

                                                 Senior Deacon, Mike Lancaster

 Brother Lancaster was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason on February 27, 2007, and is also is a member of the Union York Rite Bodies. He is a Supper Excellent Master in Union Council #5 of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of SC., and a Charter Member of Palmetto Forest # 206 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America and has received the Sidonian Degree, and a member of  Hejaz Shrine Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  Brother Mike is also a member of Piedmont Council #440 Allied Masonic Degrees (A.M.D.).  Brother Lancaster is the Manager of the Bantam Chef Restaurant, and is a volunteer firefighter with The City of Union FD and is Chief of the Southside Fire Department.  Brother Lancaster also works part time as a Nascar Craftsman Truck Series Official..

 

 

 

 Junior Deacon, Jon Kendrick

Brother Kendrick was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason January 28, 2008.

Brother Jon is a Master Plumber.

 

 

 

  Steward, James Lancaster

Brother Lancaster was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason on 8/22/63.  He is a member of the Union York Rite Bodies where he serves as the Deputy Master of Pinckney Council #27. He is a Super Excellent Master in Union Council #5 of Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of S.C.   He is a member of Martha Chapter #79 Order of the Eastern Star  where he serves as Chaplain, and a Charter Member of Palmetto Forest # 206 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America and has received the Sidonian Degree, and a member of  Hejaz Shrine Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Brother James is also a member of Piedmont Council #440 Allied Masonic Degrees (A.M.D.).  Brother Lancaster is retired from Milliken and Company after 37 years of service as a manager in textiles.

 

 

Steward , Stephen D. Root

Brother Root was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on May 6, 2008. He is a member of the Union York Rite Bodies, Palmetto Forest # 206 of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America, and Martha Chapter # 79 Order of the Eastern Star where he is serving as Associate Patron.  He is employed by the US Postal Service as a Automation Mail Processor. He is medically retired from the United States Marine Corps after returning home from Iraq.
 
 

 

 Chaplin, Jimmy Kimbrell

 

Brother Kimbrell was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on August 25, 2003 and served as Worshipful Master in 2008 and 2009. He is a member of the Union York Rite Bodies. and is a Super Excellent Master in Union Council # 5 Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of S.C., Piedmont Council # 440 Allied Masonic Degrees and a member of Hejaz Shrine Temple Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and a Charter Member of Palmetto Forest # 206 Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Brother Kimbrell is retired from the S.C. Highway Patrol holding the rank of Lieutenant.  He is the son of our Treasurer, James E. "Butch" Kimbrell.  Brother Jimmy is Chief of Police in the Town of Jonesville in Union County.

 

 

 

 

                                            Tiler, F. Dean Tollison                 

      Past Senior Grand Deacon of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina

Brother Dean Tollison was raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on 10-4-77. He served as Master in 1980 and again in 2003, and has been the Tyler for the past 25 years. Brother Tollison is a  member of the Union Masonic Temple Board, and the Union York Rite Bodies, where he has served as High Priest, Illustrious Master, Commander, and at present is the Secretary/Recorder.  He has held several offices in the Grand York Rite Bodies of South Carolina, serving as Grand Master of the First Veil in the Grand Chapter, D.D.G.M. of the Fourth District of the Grand Council, and Grand Warder of the Grand Commandery. 

He is a member of the Palmetto Priority # 54 Knight of the York Cross of Honor (KYCH), Grand Convention of Annointed High Priest, Thrice Illustrious Master's Council, Knight Crusaders of the Cross, Union Council # 5 Super Excellent Master Degree, Palmetto York Rite College # 70, South Carolina Council # 20 Knight Masons, Charter Member of, Secretary, and Past Sovereign Master of Piedmont Council # 440 (AMD), Dual Member of Spartan Council # 153 Allied Masonic Degrees (A.M.D). A.M.D. Degrees taken Installed Sovereign Master, St. Lawrence the Martyr, Royal Ark Mariner, Secret Monitor, Grand Tyler of Solomon, Excellant Master, and Red Branch of Eri (part 1), and Honorary Member of Gaffney # 262 A.M.D., and Palmetto # 451 A.M.D. Dean is a 32nd Degree Mason of the Greenville Scottish Rite Bodies, holds Honorary Life Membership in Duncan Lodge # 256, and a Charter Member of Palmetto Forest # 206 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America and has received the Sidonian Degree and holds the office of Preceptor of the Forest.  A Life member of South Carolina College (SRCF), Brother Tollison is employed at LSP in Union.

On April 24, 2009, Brother Tollison was appointed Senior Grand Deacon of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina by Most Worshipful Brother Barry A. Rickman, Grand Master.

WB Dean has been appointed District Deputy Grand High Priest in for the 4th District in the Grand York Rite Council of South Carolina.

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