{"id":421,"date":"2023-04-16T14:16:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T14:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9thmasonicdistga.org\/?page_id=421"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:27:35","slug":"past-district-masters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thmasonicdistga.org\/?page_id=421","title":{"rendered":"Past District Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Master<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Lodge#<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Year of Service<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Bose Byrd<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>1955<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB R.J. Vaughn<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>1956<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB William Simmers<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>1957<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Arthur Patat <\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>1958<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Floyd Dowdy<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>1959<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Fred Hall<\/td><td>81<\/td><td>1960<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Earnest Norton<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>1961<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Rupert Queen<\/td><td>423<\/td><td>1962<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Clyde Washington<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>1963<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Earnest Norton<\/td><td>Unknown<\/td><td>1964<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Raleigh McClure<\/td><td>205<\/td><td>1965<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Rupert Bramblett<\/td><td>714<\/td><td>1966<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Horace Fitzpatrick<\/td><td>382<\/td><td>1968<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB W.C. Hair<\/td><td>228<\/td><td>1969<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Tommy Irvin<\/td><td>141<\/td><td>1970<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Joe C. Harwell<\/td><td>103<\/td><td>1971<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Dave Keever<\/td><td>421<\/td><td>1972<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB John Burgess<\/td><td>219<\/td><td>1973<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Ed Lance<\/td><td>114<\/td><td>1974<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Hyman Brown<\/td><td>294<\/td><td>1975<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Walter Pope<\/td><td>33<\/td><td>1976<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Louis Lovin<\/td><td>230<\/td><td>1977<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Luthur Wilkes<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>1978<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Willard Ralston<\/td><td>81<\/td><td>1979<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Benny Allen<\/td><td>222<\/td><td>1980<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Jack SMith<\/td><td>680<\/td><td>1981<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB J.T.Rivers<\/td><td>259<\/td><td>1982<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Frank Hill<\/td><td>325<\/td><td>1983<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB H.T. Parks<\/td><td>564<\/td><td>1984<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Ed Helton<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>1985<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Richard Peavy<\/td><td>219<\/td><td>1986<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Mather Nix<\/td><td>316<\/td><td>1987<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Bobby Massey<\/td><td>220<\/td><td>1988<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Danny Wofford<\/td><td>333<\/td><td>1989<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Marvin Strickland<\/td><td>421<\/td><td>1990<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Charles Taylor<\/td><td>309<\/td><td>1991<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Buddy Akins<\/td><td>114<\/td><td>1992<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Bill McDonald<\/td><td>230<\/td><td>1993<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Johnny Stanley<\/td><td>67<\/td><td>1994<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Richard Godfrey<\/td><td>265<\/td><td>1995<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Jesse Tow Jr.<\/td><td>382<\/td><td>1996<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Mike Tate<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>1997<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Henry Conner<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>1998<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Phil Floyd<\/td><td>292<\/td><td>1999<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Edgar Land<\/td><td>81<\/td><td>2000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Wiley Gammon<\/td><td>729<\/td><td>2001<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Fred Reid<\/td><td>92<\/td><td>2002<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Newton Copeland<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>2003<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Wayne Garrett<\/td><td>222<\/td><td>2004<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Douglas McDonald<\/td><td>141<\/td><td>2005<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Randy Brown<\/td><td>597<\/td><td>2006<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB William Paul Walker<\/td><td>679<\/td><td>2007<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Clinton Thompson<\/td><td>480<\/td><td>2008<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Ernie Stovall<\/td><td>191<\/td><td>2009<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Tommy Towler<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>2010<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB B. Scott Chitwood<\/td><td>309<\/td><td>2011<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Earnest Pruitt<\/td><td>694<\/td><td>2012<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB E.C. Kelley<\/td><td>220<\/td><td>2013<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB D. Rodney Gibson<\/td><td>534<\/td><td>2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Lloyd Anderson<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>2015<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Tracy Allen<\/td><td>382<\/td><td>2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Michael Dover<\/td><td>212<\/td><td>2017<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB William R. McNeil<\/td><td>228<\/td><td>2018<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Wiley Q. Forrester III<\/td><td>292<\/td><td>2019<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB John Absher<\/td><td>205<\/td><td>2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB David Wall<\/td><td>325<\/td><td>2021<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB William &#8220;Bill&#8221; Lewis<\/td><td>729 Honorary<\/td><td>2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Larry C. Bennett<\/td><td>572<\/td><td>2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Mark A. Bradley<\/td><td>36<\/td><td>2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>WB Kevin C. 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