Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 who have Honored Themselves through Service to Freemasonry
The following members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8 have distinguished themselves by service to Freemasonry in the following positions:
- MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF NORTH CAROLINA ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS -
Grand Masters
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, Past Grand Master (1927), Past Grand Secretary (1928-1945), Grand Secretary Emeritus (1945-1948), Joseph Montfort Medal (1940)
James Woodrow Brewer (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1963)
William James Bundy (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1949)
Wallace Everett Caldwell (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master (1950), Joseph Montfort Medal (1954)
John Adams Cameron, Past Grand Master (1820, 1821)
John Hall, Past Grand Master
Charles Anderson Harris (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1961)
George Dudley Humphrey (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1966)
Dalton W. Mayo (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, (2014)
William Polk, Past Grand Master (1799, 1800, 1801)
Dewey R. Preslar, Jr. (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master (2013)
Charles Harrison Pugh (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1957)
Charles Carpenter Ricker (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1964)
Harvey Ward Smith (Honorary Member), PM, Past Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1962)
Robert Strange, PM, Past Grand Master (1826)
John Louis Taylor, Past Grand Master (1802, 1803, 1804, 1814, 1815, 1816)
District Deputy Grand Masters
Louis Overton Dean, Jr., PM, 33*, Past District Deputy Grand Master
Richard Vincent McBryde, PM, PDDGM, 33*
Thomas A. Pope (Honorary Member), PM, 32*, KCCH, Past District Deputy Grand Master, District Deputy Grand Lecturer
Thomas Gorrell Slate, PM, 33*, KT, PIGM, Joseph Montfort Medal (1971), Past District Deputy Grand Master
Kenneth W. Wical, PM, 32*, KT
District Deputy Grand Lecturers
Thomas A. Pope (Honorary Member), PM, Past District Deputy Grand Master, District Deputy Grand Lecturer
Floyd Leroy "Butch" Trimmer, Past Distric Deputy Grand Lecturer
- ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE -
32* Knights Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH)
John Huske Anderson, PM, KCCH, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal (1940)
Louis Overton Dean, Jr., PM, KCCH, 33*, PDDGM, KT, KM
John Francis Lynch, PM, KCCH, 33*, KT, KM
Charles Wallace Jackson, PM, KCCH, 33*, PGHP, PREGC
Richard Vincent McBryde, PM, PDDGM, KCCH, 33*
William Lee Ramsey, PM, KCCH, 33*, PREGC
Thomas Gorrell Slate, PM, 33*, KT, PDDGM, PIGM, Joseph Montfort Medal (1971)
Andrew Garland Smith
Donald William Wooster, PM, 32*, KCCH, KT, KM, KGC, KYCH, Past Right Eminent Grand Commander of Knights Templar in the State of North Carolina
33* Inspectors General (Honorary)
John Huske Anderson, PM, KCCH, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal (1940)
Louis Overton Dean, Jr., PM, PDDGM, KCCH, 33*, KT, KM
Charles Wallace Jackson, PM, KCCH, 33*, PGHP, PREGC
John Francis Lynch, PM, KCCH, 33*, KT, KM
Richard Vincent McBryde, PM, PDDGM, KCCH, 33*
William Lee Ramsey, PM, KCCH, 33*, PREGC
Thomas Gorrell Slate, PM, 33*, KT, PDDGM, PIGM, Joseph Montfort Medal (1971)
Andrew Garland Smith
Robert William Southerland, PM, 33*, Past Most Excellent Grand High Priest (1908-1909)
- YORK RITE -
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of North Carolina
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal, Past Most Excellent Grand High Priest (1919)
Charles Wallace Jackson, PM, 33*, Past Most Excellent Grand High Priest (1953)
Robert Strange, Past Most Excellent Grand High Priest
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of Alabama
Robert William Southerland, PM, 33*, Past Most Excellent Grand High Priest (1908-1909)
General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, International
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal, PMEGHP, Past General Grand High Priest (1939)
Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of North Carolina
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal, PMEGHP, PGGHP, Past Most Illustrious Grand Master (1921)
James Henry Horne (Honorary Member), PM, Past Illustrious Grand Master (1972)
Thomas Gorrell Slate, PM, 33*, KT, PDDGM, Past Illustrious Grand Master, Joseph Montfort Medal (1953)
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar in the State of North Carolina
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal, PMEGHP, PGGHP, PMIGM, Past Right Eminent Grand Commander (1920)
Louis Overton Dean, Jr., PM, 33*, PDDGM, KT, KM, Past Right Eminent Grand Commander (1998)
Charles Wallace Jackson, PM, 33*, Past Right Eminent Grand Commander (1966)
William Lee Ramsey, PM, 33*, Past Right Eminent Grand Commander (1952)
Donald William Wooster, PM, 32*, KCCH, KT, KM, KGC, KYCH, Past Right Eminent Grand Commander (2011-2012)
- HONORARY AND INVITATIONAL ORDERS -
Annointed Order of High Priesthood of the State of North Carolina
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal, PMEGHP, PGGHP, President (1919)
Knights of the York Cross of Honor (KYCH)
Michael Leroy Hawks, PM, 32*, KT, KM, KYCH
Donald William Wooster, PM, 32*, KCCH, KT, KM, KYCH, KGC, PREGC
Grand Council of Knight Masons, U.S.A.
Charles Wallace Jackson, PM, 33*, Past Most Excellent Great Chief (1979)
Grand Council, Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal, PMEGHP, PGGHP, PMIGM, PREGC, Knight Grand Cross, Senior Grand Warden (1932-1933)
Wallace Everett Caldwell, PM, PGM, Joseph Montfort Medal, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States (1954)
Grand College of Rites of the United States of America
Charles Wallace Jackson, PM, 33*, Past Grand Chancellor (1972)
Charles Harrison Pugh, PGM, Past Grand Chancellor (1954)
Royal Order of Scotland
Illustrious Order of the Red Cross of Constantine
John Huske Anderson, PM, 33*, PGM, PGS, Joseph Montfort Medal, PMEGHP, PGGHP, PMIGM, PREGC, Sovereign of St. John of Patnos Conclave No. 67
William Lee Ramsey, PM, KCCH, 33*, KT, PREGC
Donald William Wooster, PM, 32*, KCCH, KT, KM, KYCH, KGC, PREGC