The North Carolina Mason

During his Masonic career, Sigmon served two terms as District Deputy Grand Lecturer – 23 years apart – and served on the Board of Custodians for nine years, seven as secretary. He is a member of numerous appendant bodies, including the Scottish Rite, York Rite, Order of the Eastern Star, Shrine, and National Sojourners. "Mack is just the Mason's Mason," MWGM Frazier said of his choice of Sigmon. "Such a great story of nearly 50 years of Masonry." MWGM (PHA) Thompson has an equally illustrious resume. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel on Dec. 31, 2013. Among his numerous military duties he served as an intelligence officer, and he commanded at the company and battalion levels. Non- militarily, he was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel in 2015. "I've just always been so impressed by what a fine man he is," Frazier said. "He's been in every appendant body, served in leadership in every appendant body, and has worked hard in the quarries for decades since he was a young man. "DT led the ship through the [COVID-19] pandemic, and it's been really challenging. Prince Hall jurisdiction has faced the challenges our jurisdiction has, and in some ways part of that has been more acute – just the general scale of the jurisdiction is a bit smaller than ours and that's made that a bit tougher. He managed that with real aplomb and emerged on the other side." Thompson is the first man in the co-jurisdiction between the GLONC and MWPHGLNC to receive the Montfort – and the The Montfort has been awarded since 1940 and is given at the Grand Master's discretion to a deserving Master Mason because of distinguished service or achievement. Grand Historian Steven Campbell Dwight "Mack" Sigmon and wife Linda FA L L 2 0 2 3 | 29

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