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Volume XXIV
Issue 3
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF
THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS, A.F. & A.M.
Freemasonry:
Love God.
Serve Others.
Transform Lives.
180th Grand Communication Issue
Grand Communication December 3-5, 2015
Volume XXIV • Issue 3 • Fall 2015
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Page 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Master’s Message
Page 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Lodge Awards Banquet
Page 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary of 2015 Resolutions & Recommendations
Page 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timing of Events During 2015 Grand Lodge
Page 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ladies’ Activities, Name Badge Order Form
Page 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas Masonic Retirement Center
Page 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statements of Availability for Grand Junior Warden
Pages 8 through 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statements of Availability for Grand Secretary
Page 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statements of Availability for Home & School and Committee on Work
Page 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Memoriam – James Brumit and Jack Wiggins
Page 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Message from Grand Secretary, Good Search
Inside Back Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Merchandise Sales
Outside Back Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Master’s Homecoming Banquet
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GRAND MASTER’S MESSAGE
Freemasonry: Love God. Serve Others. Transform Lives.
As the 2015 Grand Lodge year comes to a close and we approach the 180th Grand Annual Communication, I want to express my appreciation to the Freemasons of Texas for
the opportunity to serve you as Grand Master. I have enjoyed my term as Grand Master
and appreciate the opportunities I have had to meet many of you during my four-year
term as a Grand Lodge Trustee.
The future of our Fraternity is directly dependent on you and me living the principles
of Freemasonry in our daily lives and teaching our members Freemasonry! If we live
Freemasonry, if we practice Freemasonry, and if we teach Freemasonry, we become better
men, better husbands, and better fathers. I knocked at the door of Freemasonry because
of the type of men in my community who were Freemasons, men of integrity whom I
admired. If you and I live Freemasonry outside the Lodge room, then we are men of integrity and an example of the philosophy of Freemasonry for the community to see. That
example might lead men of high moral character, like your neighbor or your co-worker
or perhaps the young man next door, to Freemasonry and the friendships we enjoy as
Freemasons. During this last year, I have reminded our membership of the meaning and
purpose of Freemasonry; that life is a continuous journey of enlightenment and that God
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should be the center of our lives. For that opportunity, I will be forever grateful.
During my travels this year, I have received numerous queries on why I adopted the Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid
as my emblem as Grand Master. For me, it represented the bond of Freemasonry that I shared with a university professor
who taught me as an undergraduate student, served as my doctoral advisor, and helped me realize that life is a continuous
journey of learning.
Euclid was a celebrated mathematician who compiled a series of geometrical proofs in thirteen books that are referred to
as Euclid’s Elements. This series of proofs served as the foundation of the study of plane or solid geometry into the twentieth
century. Euclid became synonymous with geometry as the serious mathematics student read translations of his work as the
basis of his geometric education. Therefore, when the crafters of our modern Masonic ritual wanted to introduce Geometry
as the foundation of Freemasonry, it was only natural to invoke the name of Euclid. In addition, it provided an avenue to
introduce Pythagoras to the Freemason and extol his virtues.
Many of us recognize the Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid as the Pythagorean Theorem: the square of the hypotenuse of a
right triangle is the sum of the squares of its sides. While it is doubtful that Pythagoras discovered this relationship, it is almost
certain that he or one of his pupils provided the geometrical proof, which Euclid of Alexandria recorded in his First Book
of Elements.
Pythagoras was a Greek who believed in the immortality of the soul and founded a society with philosophical, religious and political aims based upon the study of mathematics and geometry. He and his followers practiced a philosophy
of study that said reason and observation were the keys to understanding the universe. Through this philosophy of study,
they believed they could examine the spiritual aspects of the universe and their relationship to the Creator. Thus we have
the connection between geometry and God.
The Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid is the root of geometry and is the very cornerstone of mathematics. The proposition is a truth, which is a divine attribute and means it is unaffected by time, space, or universe. In the Fellowcraft degree,
we are told that geometry is of a divine and moral nature and that by its study we will not only gain the ability to prove
the properties of nature but to demonstrate the more important truths of morality. Yet we often fail to grasp this important
symbolic lesson.
The Forty-Seventh Problem assists us in our Masonic journey from the physical to the spiritual. The Pythagoreans used
it to study the universe and search for the divine nature of God. As we circumambulate the lodge room in the three degrees,
we symbolically demonstrate the Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid as we build our Masonic edifice, from the physical to the
spiritual. The monitorial explanation of the problem concludes by stating: “It teaches Masons to be general lovers of the arts
and sciences.” However, the symbol is much more than that. The Forty-Seventh Problem of Euclid teaches us to bow our
heads in reverence at the perfection and the beauty of the Universe and to marvel at the universality and the infinite wisdom
of the laws of the Great Law Giver and Grand Geometrician of the Universe.
God bless you.
Michael L. Wiggins
Grand Master
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2015 GRAND LODGE AWARDS BANQUET
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Brazos Ballroom
Waco Convention Center
Reception & Cash Bar – 6:00 PM • Dinner – 6:45 PM
PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S GRANDSON
TO HIGHLIGHT GALA EVENING
Brother Clifton Truman Daniel, the grandson of Freemason and
President Harry S. Truman, will keynote the 2015 Grand Lodge
Awards Banquet on Thursday evening, December 3, 2015.
During the evening, the Grand Master will present the W.B. and
Brandon Carrell Humanitarian Award, the William Beck award,
and the prestigious Sam Houston Medal to deserving individuals.
Tickets are $50 per person for open seating.
Reserved tables for eight can be ordered by Lodges or groups for $500.
Seating will be limited and tickets must be ordered in advance. Tickets can
be obtained by sending a check made payable to Raborn L. Reader, Jr. to his
attention at 9502 Sendera Drive, Magnolia, TX 77354. Be sure to include your
name, the number of tickets desired with entrée choice, and the names of your
party. Contact Brother Reader at 832-421-0888 or [email protected] for
additional information or check the Grand Lodge of Texas website for ordering
details, www.grandlodgeoftexas.org. Tickets can be ordered online at www.
grandmastersgala.org. Ticket sales will close on November 19, 2015.
Dress – Black Tie Optional.
Tickets – Tickets include live music during the reception (cash bar) with passed
appetizers, dinner choice of beef tenderloin or stuffed chicken breast, address by
Brother Daniel, and the awards presentation.
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SUMMARY OF 2015 RESOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
2014 Holdover Resolution No. 19. –
Electronic Voting. Wendell Miller. (Constitution change)
2014 Holdover Resolution No. 8. –
Constitution change on voting in Grand
Lodge. Civil Law Committee. (Constitution change).
2014 Postponed Resolution No. 10. –
Updates statutes pertaining to the Masonic Home and School. Elmer Murphey,
MHS Board.
2014 Postponed Resolution No. 11. –
Updates constitution articles pertaining to Masonic Home and School. Elmer
Murphey, MHS Board.
2014 Postponed Resolution No. 18. –
Require Grand Master to have Mediation
Committees mediate pending Masonic
disciplinary charges. Civil Law Committee.
Resolution 1 – Redraft Title V to change
the Disciplinary Procedures of the Grand
Lodge back to the Subordinate Lodges.
Larry Tucker, Chairman, Special Title V
Committee (P&P, CL, MJ).
Resolution 2 – Add Art. 14f to recognize
the men throughout the years with dedicated service in the areas of conferring
degrees, lectures, and funeral services
with a certificate of appreciation, a Grand
Lodge plaque or a spot on the Grand
Lodge web site to be updated after the
Annual Communication. Darrell Thomas,
PM, Royse City No. 663.
dues paying member. Raborn Reader,
PM, Magnolia Lodge No. 113.
Resolution 6 – Amend Article 163, Dues,
Fees and Contributions to require each
subordinate Lodge on June 24th of all future years to increase the per capita fee
by three percent (3%), such increase in
Grand Lodge revenue to be credited to its
General Fund per Article 163 (10). Claude
Ervin, Chairman GL Finance Committee.
Resolution 7 – Add Article 318c to permit Lodges to require a fee for affiliations. Jack Wise, DeMolay #1390.
Resolution 8 – Amend Article 316 so
that members have received the sixty
(60)-year service award before he is
exempted from Lodge dues, but that all
members who have attained the fifty
(50)-Year Service Award prior to June 24,
2015 will retain their dues exemptions
thereby earned. Claude Ervin, Chairman,
GL Finance Committee.
Resolution 9 – Amend Article 311 such
that the amount of the annual dues in a
Subordinate Lodge shall never be fixed
below a minimum of fifty dollars per
annum. Dennis Ross, PM, Onion Creek
Lodge No. 220.
Resolution 3 – Repeal the 2014 GM
Recommendation No. 2 regarding criminal background checks in its entirety.
PGM W. Vernon Burke.
Resolution 10 – Amend Article 172 to
require all recommendations by the Committee on Fraternal Relations be filed with
the Grand Secretary by April 15 and require the Grand Secretary to forward each
constituent Lodge five (5) copies of the
Committee recommendations. Amend Article 106 to require a vote on a compact to
be conducted with a paper or electronic
ballot. Sampson Lodge No. 231.
Resolution 4 – Add an Article 364c, Financial Transactions between Texas Masons, to report the incident to the Secretary of the Lodges of the transactions
on amounts over $1,000 or if the Mason
lending the money is over 60 years of age.
Chris A. Moyseos, PM Texana Lodge 123.
Resolution 11 – Amend Article 2, Annual
Communication, to change the date of the
Annual Communication from 1:30 p.m. on
the Thursday before the first Friday of December each year to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday before the third Friday in January of
each year. PGM W. Vernon Burke.
Resolution 5 – Amend Article 163 to
increase the per capita by $2.50 by increasing item 10 to $20.15 such that
the total per capita becomes $27.50 per
Resolution 12 – Amend Article 2, Annual Communication, to permit the
Grand Master and a majority of Trustees
to change the date of the Grand Annual
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Communication to a Thursday at 1:30
p.m. in November or December. PGM
Jerry L. Martin.
Resolution 13 – Amend Article 172 to
require the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence to have all resolutions and recommendations to the Grand Secretary
no later than April 15 and that no resolutions or recommendations is subject to
amendment by the Grand Lodge in Annual Communication. Amend Article 174
to limit consideration of a resolution or
recommendation ready for consideration
to three motions: to lay on the table, to
postpone until a time certain, or to adopt.
Amend Article XIII of the Constitution to
eliminate amendments to resolutions
and recommendations at the Grand
Lodge. Leonard Harvey.
Resolution 14 – Amend Art. XII Section 3
and Title 1, Art. 176 regarding Reconsideration of Matters and adds wording that
such motion shall not be acted on unless
there are an equal or greater number of
members present to reconsider as were
present when first acted upon. Allen Tuell, PM 1367.
Resolution 15 – Amend Article 14 paragraph 2 on Additional Service Awards
and add “…may be presented with the
appropriate award anytime during the
Grand Lodge Masonic Year the Brother
becomes eligible for the award.” Johnny
Davis, Denver City Lodge No. 1278.
Resolution 16 – Amend 224a to permit
Lodges to have controlled areas for smoking E-Cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
Donald Toohey, Bethel Lodge No. 134.
Resolution 17 – Add Article 74A, Monthly
Communication to Subordinate Lodges,
to require GS monthly communication to
be sent on the 1st of the month. Johnny
Davis, Denver City Lodge No. 1278.
GRAND MASTER’S
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation 1 – Amend question
16 on Masonic Form 26, petition for the
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TIMING OF EVENTS DURING 2015 GRAND LODGE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015
8:00 p.m. Grand Master Hospitality Room, Hilton
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015
9:00 a.m.-Noon 2016 Officer’s & Ladies Pictures
1:00 p.m. Prelude of Music by Ron Lawrence, Grand
Musician
1:30 p.m. Pre-formal Opening Ceremonies
Entrance – Officers/Ladies; PGM/Ladies;
Distinguished Guests.
Presentation of Colors
Salute and Pledge to U. S. Flag
Salute and Pledge to Texas Flag
Address of Welcome and City Certificate –
Mayor of Waco or City Councilman
Greetings from Order of Eastern Star, Rainbow, &
DeMolay
Greetings from Imperial Shrine & other national
bodies
Memorial Service (Memorials Committee)
Vanguard Awards
Masonic Service Awards
Roll Call of Grand Lodge Officers
Roll Call of Past Grand Masters
Roll Call of DDGMs
Roll Call of Representatives of Other Grand Lodges
6:00 p.m. Grand Lodge Awards Banquet Social Hour in
Convention Center
6:45 p.m. Grand Lodge Awards Banquet Dinner
7:30 p.m. Grand Lodge Prestigious Awards – GM Wiggins
W. B. & B. Carrell Humanitarian Award
Sam Houston Award
William M. Beck Award
9:00 p.m. GM Hospitality Room, Hilton
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
8:30 a.m. Prelude of Music by Ron Lawrence, Grand
Musician
9:00 a.m. Opening of the 180th Grand Annual
Communication
Required Resolutions
Required Reports
10:00 a.m. Ladies tour departs from Grand Lodge building
10:00 a.m. 2015 Ladies Luncheon, Lee Lockwood Library.
(Invited guests only).
Second ladies tour departs from Lee Lockwood
Library (invited guests only)
Noon
Sam Houston Hall of Fame Luncheon, Lee
Lockwood (Tickets required)
1:00 p.m. Music prelude by Ron Lawrence, Grand
Musician
1:30 p.m. Tiled session to continue with resolutions and
committee reports.
2:30 p.m. Grand Oration – Pete Normand
4:30 p.m. Retirement reception for Grand Secretary, main
auditorium foyer
8:00 p.m. Grand Master’s Hospitality Room, Hilton Hotel
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015
8:00 a.m. Grand Lodge called to Labor
GM presents Family Day BBQ Cook-Off Plaque
Building Preservation Power Point Presentation
Resolutions, Recommendations, and Committee
Reports Continue
9:00 a.m. Coffee honoring Ms. Tanya Wiggins and Ms.
Billie Miller in Lower Level.
10:00 a.m. Elections
Resolutions and Reports Continue
1:00 p.m. 2016 Group panoramic picture, Columbus Street
2:00 p.m. Open Installation of Grand Lodge Officers
4:30 p.m. Close Grand Lodge
Resolutions & Recommendations (continued from page 3)
Degrees of Freemasonry, to clarify its meaning. Question
16 would be changed to: “Have you ever been charged
with a felony? _____ (Yes or No). Other than minor traffic citations, have you ever been charged with a crime?
_____ (Yes or No). If yes to either question, provide details
when and where? ___________________________.
Recommendation 2 – Amends Article 393 to treat candidates for Freemasonry the same as a member per Article
658 if the candidate had ever been found guilty or pleaded
no contest to charges of pedophilia.
Recommendation 3 – Amend Constitution Article X, Section 4 and the Statutes Article 105 to permit no member
to serve on more than one Permanent Term Committee or
Board elected by the Grand Lodge (Grand Lodge Library
and Museum, Masonic Home and School, or other such
elected Boards) concurrently.
Recommendation 4 – Amends Article 383 to recognize that
a treaty with a foreign jurisdiction supersedes the statutes
of the Grand Lodge laws. “…However, the provisions of
this article are not operative in cases where special visitation procedures have been developed for a jurisdiction
where the Grand Lodge of Texas has entered into a special
treaty with that jurisdiction.”
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LADIES’ ACTIVITIES - 2015
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
1:30 pm
Pre-Opening Ceremony
Grand Lodge Auditorium
10:00 am
Homestead Heritage Craft
Village Tour/Lunch
Tickets $40
Bus departs 7th Street entrance
(lower level)
9:00 am
Coffee honoring Mrs. Michael L.
Wiggins and Mrs. Wendell P. Miller.
Lower Level Museum Foyer
6:00 pm
Grand Lodge Awards Banquet
Tickets $50
Brazos Ballroom
Waco Convention Center
Enjoy an evening of fine dining, live
music, PLUS hear Brother Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President and
Brother Harry Truman. See Grand Lodge
website for additional information.
See this wonderful collection of 19th
Century reconstructed barns and handhewn cabins. Demonstrations will include pottery, spinning and weaving, and
furniture making. A farm-to-table lunch
is included at Cafe Homestead. Beautiful handmade and homegrown products
are available for purchase at the various
craft centers and The Barn Gift shop.
The bus will return all participants to the
Grand Lodge Building at 3:00pm.
2:00 pm
Installation of
2016 Grand Lodge of Texas
Officers
4:30 pm
Reception honoring
Grand Secretary Tom Guest
Library and Museum Foyer
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STATEMENTS OF AVAILABILITY FOR GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN
RUSSELL C. BROWN
TERRY WAYNE STOGNER
LUFKIN LODGE NO. 669
Raised – July 25, 1980
Endowed Member
Worshipful Master- 2014-15
PLURAL AND ENDOWED MEMBERSHIPS
Morton Lodge No. 72 – Worshipful Master, 1985-86 –
WITH 1999
Clinton Lodge No. 23 – Worshipful Master, 2003-04, Endowed Member, Golden
Trowel – 2000
Robert E. Lee Lodge No. 431 – Charter Restoration Master, 2004, Endowed
Member, Golden Trowel – 2010
Texas Lodge of Research - 1984
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Grand Orator – 2004
Petitions No. 2 – 1992
District Deputy Grand Master – Masonic District 21B - 2001
District Instructor – Masonic District 21B – 2002-10
District Education Officer and Briscoe Workshop Leader – 2000
John Sayles Award -2004
Masonic Jurisprudence – 1999 - present, Chairman, 2008-09
Civil Law – 2006-07, Chairman
Grand Master’s Planning Team – 2003, 2004
Grand Representative - Grand Lodge of New Zealand, 2009-11
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
Lufkin High School, Lufkin, Texas -1977
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Bachelor of Science – 1981
Houston Baptist University, Post-grad, 1981-82
South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, Doctor of Jurisprudence – 1989
BUSINESS/ PROFESSION
Gulf Oil Exploration and Production Company, Houston, Texas, Consultant,
1981-85
Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas, Corporate OE&T Consultant, 1985-89
United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Senior Law Clerk to
Chief Judge Emeritus, Joe J. Fisher, 1990-91
Wellborn * Houston Law Firm, LLC, Henderson, Texas, Partner – 1991-2006
Law Offices of Russell C. Brown, P.C. – 2007 to present
Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2001 to present
National Order of Barristers
American Board of Trial Advocates
Super Lawyers, 2002 to present
AV Preeminent® (highest) Peer Review Rating
U.S. District Courts for Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Rusk County Bar Association, President – 1997-99
CIVIC ACTIVITY
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Trustee
Henderson City Council, 2001-07
Mayor Pro Tempore, 2003-07
First United Methodist Church of Henderson, Finance, Staff Committees
Kappa Alpha Order, Former National Vice-President
NRA – Certified Shooting Coach – Rifle, Pistol, Handgun
Quail and Ducks Unlimited
Sponsor – Rusk County Youth Livestock and Exhibition Show, 1992-present
Sons of the Republic of Texas – Life Member
Admiral in the Texas Navy - 2011
FAMILY
Wife - Elizabeth Kelly Williams, Married, August 17, 1985
Children – Katy, Clay, and Tom Brown
The Texas Mason Magazine
LAMESA LODGE NO. 909 (merged into O’Donnell
Lodge No. 1187)
Raised – February 27, 1990
Endowed Member
Worshipful Master – 1995
Golden Trowel Award – 1992
PLURAL AND ENDOWED MEMBERSHIPS
Staked Plains Lodge No. 598 – Endowed Member,
Worshipful Master – 2002
Stanton Lodge No. 951 – Endowed Member
O’Donnell Lodge No. 1187 – Endowed Member
Milam Lodge No. 11 – Endowed Member, Worshipful Master–2004; Treasurer
– 2005 – 2008
Breckenridge Lodge No. 492 – Endowed Member
Holland Lodge No. 1 – Endowed Member
Crowley Lodge No. 1437 – Endowed Member
Abilene Lodge No. 559 – Endowed Member
Mineola Lodge No. 502 – Endowed Member
Lake Worth Lodge No. 1410 – Endowed Member
Tabernacle Lodge No. 1195 – Endowed Member; 25-Year Service Award
Point Isabel Lodge No. 33 – Endowed Member
Sweet Home Lodge No. 576 – Endowed Member
Tranquility Lodge No. 2000 – Endowed Member
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Esoteric “A” Certificate 1993 – present
Esoteric Life Certificate – 2010
District Deputy Grand Master – Masonic District No. 80 – 1997
District Deputy Grand Master – At Large – 2012
District Instructor – Masonic District No. 80 –1999- 2011
District Instructor – Masonic District No. 57 – 2008
District Instructor – Masonic District No. 94 – 2014 – current
District Masonic Relations Officer – Masonic District 80 – 1997; 1998
Petitions and Returns of Lodges UD Committee – Member, 2003 – 2004
Committee on Work – 2005 – current; Chairman – 2010; 2011
Special Assignments Committee – 2011
Grand Master’s Planning Teams – 2011 (T. E. “Gene” Carnes), 2013 (Walter W.
Rogers)
M.W.S.A. – Masonic District No. 80 – Member
Sam Houston Hall of Fame – Member
Grand Lodge Funeral Team – Served as GJW at Grand Lodge Funerals for,
R:W: Mickey Drumm and R:W: John Polulech
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
Lamesa High School –
Midland College, Midland, Texas – Real Estate
BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL
Stogner Pumping Service, Inc., Oil and Gas Pumping Service and Consulting
– Established 1978 to present, President/Owner
Lamesa Radio Paging Service, RRC Paging Radio Repeating Tower Leasing
Cellar – Established 1981 to present, Owner
Mr. T’s Rental Storage – Established 1990 to present, Owner
Associate Water Systems, LLC – Established 1991 to present, President/ CEO
Sandy Creek Operations, Inc., Independent Oil and Gas Operator –
Established 2003 to present, CEO/Major Principal
Rengots, Inc., Real Estate Holding Sales and Leasing – Established 2003 to
present, CEO/President
COMMUNITY/CIVIC ACTIVITY
Second Baptist Church, Lomesa, Texas – Member
AOPA Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assn. – Member
FAA Ratings – Private Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land
ARRL Amateur Relay Radio League – Member
FCC Ratings – Amateur Radio Operator, General Class
FAMILY
Married to Jackie Nell Cave Stogner, July 24, 1979
Children – Charles Walter Stogner, Lisa Janell Stogner
One Granddaughter and one Grandson
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TRUITT L. BRADLY
TASCOSA LODGE NO.
1375 (Consolidated with
Palo Duro Lodge No.1239)
Raised- December 17,
1981
Worshipful Master- 19851986
Secretary-1986-1989
PLURAL AND ENDOWED MEMBERSHIPS
Washington Lodge No. 18
San Gabriel Lodge No. 89- Secretary-1998Present
Salado Lodge No. 296- Secretary-2003-2006,
Worshipful Master- 2002-2003, 2012-2013
Hereford Lodge No. 849- Endowed Member
Texas Lodge of Research – Secretary-2013Present, Endowed Member, Worshipful
Master-2008-2009
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
District Deputy Grand Master- 47th District 2009
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
West Texas A&M University- Bachelor of
Business Administration- Accounting-1996
BUSINESS/ PROFESSIONAL
Santa Fe Railway- Train Dispatcher-1973-1989
JB Hunt Transport- Driver Trainer 1990-1994
FirstCare Health Plans- Compliance Accountant
1996-2000, Senior Actuarial Analyst 20002008, and Accountant IV 2008-Present
The National Blue Family Association- National
Treasurer and Membership Chairman
2012-Present
Co-Author
Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions:
State-of -the-art Database Models for Sales,
Marketing, Customer Management, and More
Key Business Activities, Wiley & Sons-2010
Microsoft Access 2010: 24-Hour Trainer, Wiley
& Sons-2011
Technical Editor
Microsoft Access 2007 VBA, Que Publishing
Indianapolis, Indiana 2008
EDWARD M. BROWN
WACO LODGE NO.92
Raised -Oct 7, 1974 (in Val
Verde Lodge No. 646)
Worshipful Master 20142015
25 Year Service Award
2013
Endowed Member
Scouter Award 2014
PLURAL MEMBERSHIPS
White Rock Lodge No.347 – Worshipful Master,
2011-2012
Tranquility Lodge No.2000
Texas Lodge of Research – Member
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Esoteric Certificate – 1975, 1976
Esoteric A Certificate – 1 Year – 2009- 2010
Esoteric A Certificate – 3 Year – 2011- 2014
District Instructor – Masonic District # 61B –
2012-2014
District Deputy Grand Master – Masonic District
61B – 2013
Moderator, Grand Master’s Workshop – District
61 – 2012, 2013
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
West Virginia University – 1966-1968
Ohio University – Associate in Arts – 1969,
Bachelor of Science in Communications,
cum laude – 1971, Master of Science in
Journalism / Public Relations – 1972, Master
of Arts in Broadcast Management – 1972
Sul Ross State University – post graduate
business classes - 1975
Texas State Technical College – Associate in
Applied Science –2015
USAF Pilot Instructor Training – Top Graduate
– 1973
USAF Air-Ground Operations School –
Distinguished Graduate- 1989
USAF Squadron Officers School – Outstanding
Contributor – 1976
USAF Air Command and Staff College – 1978
USAF Air War College – 1985
BUSINESS/ PROFESSIONAL
United States Air Force (active duty pilot) –
1972-1995 (Bronze Star for combat service
in Desert Storm)
Civil Air Patrol (USAF liaison) 1995-2002
Texas State Guard - Director of Personnel, then
5th Air Wing Commander - 2000-2010 (retired
as Colonel)
Department of the Air Force (Civil Service)
2002-present
CAP liaison for Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas,
now totaling 42 years federal government
service.
CIVIC ACTIVITY
50 years service to Boy Scouts of America
including:
Council President, Heart O’Texas Council, Waco
National President, Association of Baptists for
Scouting
National Treasurer, Association of Baptists for
Scouting
VP & Executive Board Member – Longhorn
Council BSA, Ft Worth
Civil Air Patrol (squadron commander; wing/
region staff, retired LtCol)
Parliamentarian, Precinct Chair, and Executive
Committee Member,
Republican Party of McLennan County
City of Waco 1st Street Cemetery Board
Member
McLennan County Election Judge – 2000-2015
Other Certification::
General Class Radiotelephone and Amateur
Extra Class licenses
Commercial Pilot – SEL, MEL
Certified Flight Instructor – MEL, Instrument
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State Certified NIMS (emergency services)
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FAMILY
Wife Dottie (43 years); son Ted
ROBERT KARL HARGIS
DEER CREEK LODGE NO.
510
Raised - 2007
Endowed Member - 2008
Worshipful Master 20102011
Secretary 2011 - present
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Esoteric A-Certificate 2008 - present
District Instructor 2010-2012
Grand Secretary Staff 2012 - present
PERSONAL PROFILE
BUSINESS/ PROFESSIONAL
American Airlines – Reservations system, IT
Support, Systems Administration, Customer
Support 1987 - 2008
CIVIC
Trustee – Landreth Cemetery Association Trust,
Santo, Texas
EDUCATION
Tarrant County College – Computer Technology
American Airlines – In-sourced specialized
programming
JERRY L. MARTIN
PARSONS LODGE NO. 222
Raised- March 4, 1997
Worshipful Master- 20022003
Endowed Member
Golden Trowel Award2011
PLURAL AND ENDOWED MEMBERSIPS
Tranquility Lodge No. 2000- Current Worshipful
Master, Charter, and Endowed Member
Randolph Lodge No. 1268- Endowed Member
Point Isabel Lodge No. 33- Charter Member-2007
Texas Lodge of Research Lodge No. 1999
Blanco Lodge No. 216- Endowed Member
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Esoteric A- Certificate 2006-2011
District Deputy Grand Master- 2008
Grand Orator-2009
Grand Junior Warden-2011
Grand Senior Warden-2012
Deputy Grand Master-2013
Grand Master-2014
State Coordinator-2009
Grand Master’s Planning Team-2009, 2011, 2014
The Texas Mason Magazine
STATEMENTS OF AVAILABILITY FOR GRAND SECRETARY
Grand Master’s District Deputy Training Team2009, 2014
Grand Master’s Masonic Family Convention 20042005
Masonic Education and Services CommitteeMember 2006-2010
Special Assignments Committee- Chairman 2009
Grand Representative to Illinois-2008-Present
Sam Houston Hall of Fame-2007
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
Stephen F. Austin State University- BBA
Management, Economics Minor
Kilgore Community Collage
Numerous continuing education seminars
BUSINESS/ PROFESSIONAL
Texas Department of Human Resources State
Office, Austin, TX – 1992-2002 Director of
Information Technology Procurement and
Contract Management- Responsible for the
procurement of equipment and service
contracts, for the oversight of the agency print
shop and the State mail operations center.
Baubles, Bangles, Etc. , Austin, TX-1987-1992Owner of a fine gold jewelry manufacturing
business. Wholesale to the trade and also
special retail sales.
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
Austin, TX -1985-1987 Director of
Accounting and Assistant Director of Finance.
American Transit Corporation, Austin,
TX (contracted management of City of
Austin Transit System) 1978-1985 Transit
Administrator – Management of the
Accounting, Marketing, Customer Service,
and Personnel departments.
Zale Corporation Sporting Goods Division,
Dallas TX 1971-1978 Vice President/
Controller, Responsible for accounting
records, controls, and procedures for
corporate, regional warehouse, retail and
wholesale units from Louisiana to Hawaii.
Zale Corporation, Dallas, TX 1969-1971Corporate Internal Auditor- Preformed
hundreds of audits of the jewelry, furniture,
sporting goods, toy, and drug stores of the
corporation throughout the United States.
J.C. Penny Corporation Regional Accounting,
Dallas, TX- 1966-1969 Department Manager
of area Accounting- Consolidated retail store
accounting functions for 160 plus stores in
5 states.
CIVIC ACTIVITY
Schertz United Methodist Church- Usher and
Greeter
Meals on Wheels- Delivered meals in Austin for
ten years.
Alpha Phi Omega- National Service FraternityProvided park benches and trash cans
for placement at various locations on the
University campus.
FAMILY
Married to Betty Capps Martin
One son, two Step-daughters, ten grandchildren
The Texas Mason Magazine
ORVILLE L. O’NEILL
WHITE ROCK LODGE NO.
234
Raised- June 13, 1978
Worshipful Master- 19841985, 2001-2002
Endowed Member-1990
Secretary- 1987-1992
Golden Trowel Award1994
PLURAL AND ENDOWED LODGES
Texas Lodge of Research-1984
Riesel Lodge No. 835- Life Member-2007,Golden
Trowel-2014
M. Denton Stanford Lodge No. 594- Endowed
Member 2013
Sweet Home Lodge No. 576- Worshipful Master
2013-2014, Endowed Member- 2014
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Credentials Committee No. 1- 1992-1998, 20002002, Chairman, 1993,1996, 2004
Credentials- 2005-2006
District Deputy Grand Master- Masonic District No.
14-B, 1989
Assistant State Coordinator- 1993-1994
State Coordinator- 1995
Grand Tiler-2000
Grand Marshal-2005
William M. Beck Award-2005
Grand Master Planning Team-2005
Grand Junior Warden-2006-2007
Grand Senior Warden-2007-2008
Deputy Grand Master- 2008-2009
Grand Master- 2009-2010
Grand Lodge Library and Museum Board of
Directors-2005-2015
BUSINESS / PROFESSION
Retail Sales
Transportation
RANDAL KERRY SMALLWOOD
OAKWOOD LODGE NO. 1444
Raised April 11, 1989
PLANTERS LODGE NO. 147
Endowed Member
Worshipful Master 2006-07
Secretary 2008-present
Golden Trowel Award 2011
PLURAL MEMBERSHIPS
Bedias Lodge No.651- Secretary- 2015-2016
Tranquility No. 2000
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
William M. Beck Award -2013
Grand Senior Deacon-2013
Grand Junior Deacon- 2011
District Deputy Grand Master- Masonic District No.
29 B -2010
State Coordinator-2013 (Walter W. Rogers)
Special Assignments Committee Chairman-2013
Esoteric A Certificate 1990, 2006-present
District Instructor Masonic District No. 29 B- 2009,
2011- present
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
Garland County Community College, Basketball
scholarship
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
1976-1980 Missile Maintenance Technician
BUSINESS/ PROFESSIONAL
16 Years as an Inspector/Investigator for Texas
Department of Housing and Community
Affairs, Manufactured Housing Division.
W. MIKE SPEARS
LIBERTY LODGE NO. 48
Raised June 6, 1991
Chaplain 1991-1992
Past Master 1995
Endowed Member 1995
Golden Trowel 2003
Secretary Pro Tempore - 2006
Secretary 2007 - 2015
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Esoteric A Certificate
District Deputy Grand Master 1999
Communications Committee 2005 - 2012
Grand Senior Steward 2012
Masonic Graduates Advisory Committee 2012 Present
District Instructor 2014
Cornerstone Coordinator 2015
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
Borger High School
Texas Tech University, B.A.
Certified Texas Contract Manager (CTCM)
2012-Present
BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL
Lamar University-Beaumont, Texas
2012-Present (Retirement pending)
Director of Contract Management
Lamar University-Beaumont, Texas 2001-2011
Director of Internal Services
WorldGraphics Design Group-Liberty, Texas
1997-2001-Vice President Operations
Production Equipment & Supply-Liberty, Texas
1992-1997-Operations Manager
The Art Table-Houston, Texas
1990-1992-Corporate Account Design
Manager
Alphaset Typographers, Houston, Texas
1984-1990-Owner
Spears & Leavell Marketing-Houston, Texas
1982-198-Partner
Spears Advertising Concern-Houston, Texas
1979-1984-Owner
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STATEMENTS OF AVAILABILITY FOR HOME & SCHOOL
BRUCE W. HAMMOND
TIMOTHY KENT RIVERS
PANTHER CITY LODGE NO. 1183
Raised –Aug. 11, 2007
Endowed-2008
Worshipful Master- 2011-2012
GLADEWATER LODGE NO. 852
Raised July 20, 1986
PLURAL AND ENDOWED MEMBERSHIPS
Cooke-Peavy Lodge No.1162, Endowed Member,
Worshipful Master 2010-2011
Northern Star Lodge No.377 –Endowed Member
Tranquility Lodge No. 2000- Endowed Member,
Texas Lodge of Research-Endowed Member
Chalk Mountain Lodge No. 894-Endowed Member
Sweet Home Lodge No.567- Charter Member
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
District Deputy Grand Master – District 64-B 2014
Member, Texas History Committee, Grand Lodge of Texas-2009-Present;
Chairman 2014
Member, Grand Masters Resource Team, Michael L. Wiggins
Fort Worth Masonic Service Bureau- President-2012-2013
PERSONAL PROFILE
BUSINESS/ PROFESSINAL
Employment – The Cailco Group, Fort Worth, Texas – CEO www.
cailcogroup.com
Contributing Author Radiology Financial Management 2nd Edition AHRA
2014
Chairman, Business and Industry Advisory Council – Texas Organization of
Rural and Community Hospitals 1992-Present
Chairman, Healthcare Administrators Credentialing Commission
2015-Present
Vice Chairman, Radiology Administrators Certification Commission
FAMILY
Married – Delores for 38 years
4 Children- Stephen, Kevin, Michael and Sarah
PLURAL AND ENDOWED MEMBERSHIPS
Holland Lodge No. 1 Worshipful Master 1994-1995,
Endowed Member 2002, Life Member 1995
Salado Lodge No.296 Worshipful Master; 2001-2002
Tranquility Lodge No.2000 Worshipful Master; 20112012
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Esoteric ‘A’ Certificate; 1993-1996
District Deputy Grand Master, District 48; 2005
Grand Master’s DDGM Training Team; 2008
Assistant State Coordinator; 2009
Finance Committee; 2004-2011, Vice Chairman; 2007-2011
Grand Trustees Audit Committee; 2012-2014, Chairman; 2013-2014
PERSONAL PROFILE
EDUCATION
Gladewater High School, Gladewater, TX, 1969
University of Houston, BBA Accounting, 1976
BUSINESS/ PROFESSINAL
Certified Public Accountant – Licensed by the State of Texas
Rural Capital Area Workforce Solutions – CFO, 2014-Present
Operations Mapping & Analysis LLC- Owner, 2010-2014
Cellulose Paper Company - Owner, 1996-2014
Square and Compasses Holding- Trustee-2006-Present
Tranquility Foundation- Trustee-2009-Present
FAMILY
Married Brenda Kay Page, July 19, 1980
Daughters and Sons-in-Law: Melissa and Brennan Speakes, Amanda and
Darren, Riley, Jessica and Justin Roland. Three grandchildren.
STATEMENT OF AVAILABILITY FOR
COMMITTEE ON WORK
CHARLES ROBERT FORSYTH
H.A. MCFARLAND LODGE
NO. 1338
Raised – May 28, 1992
Endowed Member
Worshipful Master – 1996
Secretary – 1998-Present
Golden Trowel Award –
2005
PLURAL AND ENDOWED MEMBERSHIPS
Goldsmith Lodge No. 1276 -Endowed MemberWorshipful Master – 2007- 2009
Secretary -2012-2014 -Golden Trowel Award –
2012
Odessa Lodge No 955-Worshipful Master 2013
GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
Esoteric “A” Certificate 1993 – present
District Deputy Grand Master – Masonic District
No. 82 – 2005
District Instructor – Masonic District No. 82 –
2002 – present
District Instructor – Masonic District No. 81 –
2012
FAMILY
Married to Anese N. Forsyth, March 15, 1986
Son, David I. Forsyth
Daughter, Elizabeth L. Forsyth
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BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL
(CONT’D)
Haverty Furniture Co.-Houston,
Texas 1972-1979-Assistant
General Manager Advertising
and Sales
The Houston Post NewspaperHouston, Texas
1970-1972-Account Executive
Retail Advertising
COMMUNITY/CIVIC ACTIVITY
City Councilman - City of Liberty
1996-1999
FAMILY
Wife-Becky
Children-Amanda and Joseph
Grandchildren-Adam and Allison
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In Memoriam
James Floyd Brumit
1930 - 2015
A life-long resident of Dallas, Past Grand Master James Floyd Brumit was born on
3 January 1930 to Floyd and Pearl Brumit. He graduated from Sunset High School and
married Dorothy Elizabeth Hill in 1950. For 29 years Brother Brumit served in the Dallas Police Department in various roles including patrolman, detective, and ending his
career as a sergeant. Following his retirement from the Dallas Police Department, he
began his own bookkeeping and tax service for individuals and small businesses.
Brother Brumit was initiated, passed, and raised a Master Mason in Gibraltar Lodge
No. 1179 during 1958. He served as Worshipful Master of Gibraltar Lodge during the 1966-67 Lodge year. He
became a member of Oak Cliff Lodge No. 705 when Gibraltar Lodge consolidated with Oak Cliff Lodge. He
was a plural member of several Dallas area Lodges including Sunshine Lodge No. 341 where he served as Worshipful Master during the 2003-2004 term. He was also a member and Past Master of Texas Lodge of Research.
Brother Brumit served as District Deputy Grand Master for Masonic District 14-A in 1969 under Grand
Master J. Guy Smith. During the years he served on several Grand Lodge Committees and in supporting roles
for Grand Lodge programs. In December 2008, he was elected Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of
Texas and would serve as Grand Master of Masons in Texas in 2012.
Grand Master James Floyd Brumit laid down the working tools of life on Wednesday, 30 September 2015.
He was laid to rest with Masonic graveside services conducted by the Grand Lodge of Texas. Brother Brumit
was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy and is survived by their daughter, Vicki Quesada, and one grandson, Stuart Quesada.
Jack Dempsey Wiggins
1932 – 2015
In the early hours of 14
March 2015, Brother Jack
Dempsey Wiggins passed
away after a brief illness and
entered into that House not
made with hands, eternal
in the heavens. A long-time
member of Liberty Lodge No. 48, my father conferred
all three of my Masonic degrees and we enjoyed a
special relationship. I was fortunate to appoint him
as a Special Deputy during the Installation of Grand
Officers this past December to represent me during
my term as Grand Master. Brother Wiggins was my
mentor, my Brother in Freemasonry, and my best
man at my wedding, but most importantly, he was
my Dad.
I want to express my heartfelt appreciation for
your notes, cards, calls, flowers, visits, funeral attendance, and other expressions of sympathy at the
death of my father. I was deeply moved by the support shown me and my family during this period.
That outpouring of support truly shows that we are a
“Band of Brothers” bound by the ties of Freemasonry!
The Texas Mason Magazine
The Three Great Lights
Author Unknown
The Three Great Lights will guide our steps
Through life’s uncertain way,
And bring us safe at length to see
The bright, eternal day.
The Holy Book our fathers read
With undimmed faith, today
Make clear our sight that we may know
Its precepts to obey.
With square of virtue, try our acts
And make them meet the test;
There is no other cause that leads
To Islands of the Blest.
Between the lines that represent
The longest, shortest day,
Keep circumscribed by compasses
That we go not astray.
The Three Great Lights will guide our steps
Through life’s uncertain way,
And bring us safe at length to see
The bright eternal day.
www.grandlodgeoftexas.org
Fall 2015 • Page 11
Message from the Grand Secretary...
Thanks For The Waltz Across Texas
Thank you so much for the opportunity to serve the Grand Lodge of
Texas as Grand Secretary. For a boy and girl raised in the oil patches of
West Texas, this tour opened a whole new world of friendships and service
opportunities throughout North America and the world to Sandra and me.
Upon retiring from the military, we settled in Stephenville and made a
relatively easy transition into civilian life. Although I was a DeMolay and
Sandra was a Rainbow, I did not join Freemasonry until I was inspired
by my father-in-law, Foster Plummer, and encouraged by members of my
Methodist Church Sunday school class. After developing my Masonic
background, I was afforded opportunities to serve the Craft. When asked
to make myself available for Grand Secretary, Sandra assented and noted
that we would move to our 29th set of quarters.
The move to Waco provided introductions to the then 100,000 plus Freemasons of Texas, the officers of the
Masonic Grand Lodges of the Conferences in North America, and to the Grand Secretary offices throughout
the world. While the job is tedious and demands 24 hours seven days a week duties, the opportunities of
service to Freemasonry resulted in a warm personal pleasure of service. I am grateful to the Grand Lodge
Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Masonic Grand Lodge Library and Museum with whom I served. I
cherish their friendships and am in awe of their abilities and backgrounds.
As an octogenarian, I am prepared for the next phase of retirement. We expect an easy transition and do not
expect a change of quarters for the next several years. I will welcome my successor and offer advice, if asked.
The legacy of the Grand Secretary title is to continue serving the Craft upon request, if in the length of his cable
tow. Within his inner-being, he is constantly reminded that his service is for the Craft, the Craft, and the Craft.
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Tom Guest
Grand Secretary
You Can Help the Library and Museum by searching the internet!
Let’s resolve this year to get free money for the Masons of Texas using “Goodsearch.com”, a search engine
powered by Yahoo. The pennies you earn searching and the percentages (up to 3% of order) you earn
shopping online using GoodSearch are combined and at year’s end the free money is sent to The Library
and Museum. Read more information at www.goodsearch.com to sign up to support the Masonic Grand
Lodge Library and Museum of Texas. If only 20,000 Masons would do ten searches per week for 52 weeks
this year, we would get over $100,000 in free money. Please Help!
Page 12 • Fall 2015
www.grandlodgeoftexas.org
The Texas Mason Magazine
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Right Worshipful Wendell P. Miller
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2121 Rowlett Road
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Dance to music provided by Jolie Holliday