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The North Carolina Mason
July/August 2013
GREENVILLE — On July 16, Past Grand
Master and Past Grand Treasurer Clifton White
Everett Jr. died here at Vidant Inpatient Hospice after a period of declining health. He was
70 years old.
Many will remember him for his stories
which stimulated many a smile and laugh, and
more than a few rolled eyes
and raised eyebrows. The
many characters and historic
figures of whom he told first
and second hand stories lived
through his words and facial
expressions.
The 142nd Grand Master
of North Carolina, he was
born to Clifton White and
Marjorie Whitehurst Everett of Bethel, North Carolina on October 4, 1942. He
is survived by his wife, Mary
Harris Everett of Greenville; his son, William Lawrence Everett of Anchorage,
Alaska; his daughter, Alice
Everett Gryder and husband, Chad, of Boone; his
grandchildren, Everett and
Mary Eccles Gryder; his sisters, Janet Everett Davis and
husband, Stuart, of Bethel,
and Amy Everett Constantino and husband, Costa, of
Richmond, Virginia; and brother-in-law, Clyde
P. Harris, Jr. of Wilson. His seven nieces and
nephews, along with his many cousins, always
enjoyed his stories and deep knowledge of family history. He loved to share his understanding
of family ties and connections with relatives and
his many friends throughout the state. The family
will always be grateful for the compassionate care
and attention given him by Christopher English
of Bethel these last five years in times of need.
Everett was educated in Bethel before heading to Wake Forest University where he got his
New way to give
In 2013, the charitable IRA rollover provision or
Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) continues
through the end of the year allowing certain donors
to exclude from taxable income, and count toward
their required minimum distribution, certain amounts
of transfer for Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
assets made directly to public charities, including your
Masonic Charities at Whitestone and the Masonic
Home for Children. Congress recently extended the
IRA rollover for 2013. This provision allows a QCD
of up to $100,000 from your tax qualified IRA. The
amount of the QCD is excluded from your adjusted
gross income and counts toward your required minimum distributions for 2013, but it does not count as a
deductible charitable contribution.
We are asking our Masons who are eligible to consider taking advantage of a charitable IRA rollover to
help a child or an elderly brother or sister at one of our
Homes, utilizing this very tax-wise and generous giving method. And we are asking our eligible Masons
to consider this before December 31, 2013. So who
is eligible in our craft? If you are at least 70½ years
old you may be able to aid and assist our Masonic
charities far beyond the level you thought possible
through a charitable IRA rollover in 2013. Not only
will you provide a tremendous and essential gift for
our Homes, you will provide a beneficial giving and
financial opportunity for you and your family. The advantages to you are significant and include:
• A gift that is not taxable income. A portion of your
normally heavily taxed retirement fund distribution,
when directed to one of our charities, can now be tax free.
• With the rollover, the donation can count toward
the required minimum distribution you are otherwise
required to take.
• The fact that you are not subject to percentage
limitations on charitable deductions and may be able
to avoid penalties that come with a higher adjusted
gross income, such as higher Medicare premiums.
It is important to note that you must tell your IRA
custodian to send the distribution directly to one of
our charities. Do not have it sent to you.
Even more important to our fraternity, the advantages to the people we care for at our Homes would be
significant as well. You can change the life of a child
and add to the quality of life for a brother or sister
in need. You can help our Homes continue the work
entrusted to them by our fraternity for more than 100
years and ensure that their doors are open to those
who need them today and for many tomorrows.
We are asking you to consider consulting with
your financial advisor to ensure that the rollover is
appropriate for you and before the advantage to you
and our charities expires on December 31, 2013. The
IRS website has additional information at www.irs.
gov/Retirement-Plans/Charitable-Donations-fromIRAs-for-2012-and-2013. Contact the Homes if you
have any questions.
undergraduate and law degrees. He passed the
North Carolina Bar and was admitted to the
practice of law in 1967. In 1967–68, he served
as research assistant to Naomi E. Morris, Chief
Judge North Carolina Court of Appeals. In
1968, he returned to Greenville, where he and
his father formed a partnership for the general
practice of law with offices in
Greenville and Bethel.
Everett was initiated in
Crown Point 708 in Greenville December 29, 1970,
passed January 28, 1971, and
raised February 11 of the same
year. He served as master of
Crown Point in 1977. He is
a member of New Bern Scottish Rite Bodies, Greenville
York Rite Bodies, and Sudan
Shrine. He was an honorary member of several lodges
across North Carolina. He
was appointed to the Grand
Lodge line by then Grand
Master L. R. Thomas and was
elected grand master in 1995.
In 1996, he was elected grand
treasurer, a post he held until
stepping down in 2011.
Judge Everett has been
active both locally and
around the state in civic,
political, and legal circles as
well as his church. After practicing general law
for 26 years with the firm of Everett, Everett,
Warren and Harper, now Everett and Hite, he
took office in 1994 as Resident Superior Court
Judge of the 3A Judicial District. In his 18 years
as judge, he presided over both the criminal and
civil courts from as far east as Dare County to
Watauga and Caldwell Counties in the west.
He retired in December 2012. After five days
of retirement, he was appointed by Governor
Beverley Perdue as an Emergency Superior
Court Judge.
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PGM Everett dead at 70
Preslar presents Cashion, center, his Montfort as previous awardees look on.
Cashion honored with Montfort
MAGGIE VALLEY — David Cashion, of
Blue Ridge 435 in Highlands, is the newest recipient of the Joseph Montfort Medal, the highest award given by the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina. Grand Master
Dewey R. Preslar presented the award at the 76th
Anniversary Great Smokies Summer Assembly.
Cashion is a member of Glenville 551 as
well as Blue Ridge Lodge, both of which he
Pope makes Hall of Fame
FAYETTEVILLE — Stedman 730 member
Arnold Pope was recently inducted into the Fayetteville Sports Club
Hall of Fame. The
80-year-old Pope is
a Methodist minister
and former dean of
students at Methodist University. He is
a charter inductee in
the North Carolina
Weightlifting Hall of
Fame. He won 27
state and six Southern titles in the Open
Division. In the Masters Division he won
11 consecutive National Championships and was
inducted into the National Masters Weightlifting
Know the 2013 players
By Ric Carter
Most Masons don't think too much about
Grand Lodge officers until Annual Communication rolls around. Can't tell the players without a program?
Now you'll be able to identify those guys
opening and closing the meeting. Here's your
program.
Starting just inside the door is Grand Tyler
Steven Schenk (Fulton 99) from Salisbury. He'll
be helped out by assistant tylers who will be
posted outside the several entrances to the meeting room to check your dues card and listen to a
whispered password.
At the front of the auditorium, a lodge room
will be set on and before a riser. It has of much
the same form as your blue lodge, but with a
station or two added. Four officers will be on
the stage facing the crowd. Front and center on
the stage will be Grand Master (GM) Dewey
R. Preslar Jr. (Andrew Jackson 576). Preslar and
his wife Terrie live in Salisbury. He retired as a
vice-president of a large regional supermarket
chain and is now president of Preslar Risk Services, Inc., a risk management consulting firm
and executive director for the North Carolina
Self-Insurance Security Association.
On his right will be Deputy Grand Master
(DGM) Dalton W. Mayo (Hiram 98). Mayo is
retired from the faculty of Sampson Community
College. He lives in Clinton.
On the left side of the stage is Grand Treasurer (GT) Lewis R. Ledford (Statesville 27).
Ledford is director of NC State Parks and Recreation. He is the only head of State Parks to rise
to that position from the job as park ranger. He
and his wife Susan live in Raleigh. Ledford was
grand master in 2011.
At the right on the stage is Grand Secretary
(GS) T. Walton Clapp III (Mystic Tie 237) who
has served in the office since 1997. Clapp resides
in Raleigh with his wife Betty (a Presbyterian
minister) and daughter Anh.
Seated at the back of the stage in neat rows
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Hall of Fame in 1998. He still competes in the
Masters Division and won additional national titles
in 2011 and 2012. He
was a high school football official for 43 seasons and officiated in
the ACC for 11. He
presently serves as supervisor of officials for
the Southeast Football Officials Association. Seen left in his
younger days, he also
competed as a pro athlete for 20 years in the
Scottish Games and
was the North American Caber Tossing Champion in 1976. In 1971, he
was the first American to win a caber competition
in Scotland.
stage
DGM
GM
GT
GS
SGD
GMsl
GC
altar
Officer positions
at
Grand Lodge
Annual Communication
SGW
JGD
DELEGATES
are special guests and past grand masters. The
special guests include officers from state appendant bodies and officers from other grand lodges
and Masonic organizations.
The rest of the officers are on the auditorium
floor before the stage. Facing the stage, with his
back to the delegates, you'll find Senior Grand
Warden (SGW) Douglas L. Caudle (Statesville
27). Caudle lives in Taylorsville. He is president
of Piedmont Fiberglass.
Junior Grand Deacon ( JGD) Jimmie B. Hicks
Jr. (St. John's 3) sits on Caudle's right. Hicks is a
lawyer in New Bern. He has a 18-year-old son
and 16-year-old daughter.
On the south side of the floor, to the delegates'
right, is Junior Grand Warden ( JGW) Bryant
D. Webster (Nichols-West Asheville 650). Webster is a lawyer and lives in Black Mountain with
his wife ( Janet) and daughter.
At the meeting, Webster is flanked by the
grand stewards. Senior Grand Steward Dwight
M. Sigmon (Catawba 248) is nearest the stage,
and Junior Grand Steward P. Shaun Bradshaw
(Stokesdale 428) is nearest the delegates. Sig-
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has served as master. He is a past member of
the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home
for Children in Oxford. He is currently chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Lodge
Special Activities.
The Montfort Medal is presented at the discretion of the grand master for "distinguished
Masonic service or achievement." He is allowed
to give only three Montforts during his tenure.
and
G od ,
spiritual conscience of society by
family , country , and self under the
mon and his wife Linda live in Newton and have
a grown son and two grand children. Bradshaw
and his wife Sharon live in Greensboro. They
have a teenaged son and daughter.
Senior Grand Deacon (SGD) A. Gene
Cobb (Royal White Hart 2) sits before the
stage in front of the grand treasurer, to the
grand master's right. Cobb is minister at St.
Luke's United Methodist Church in Sanford
where he lives with his wife Brenda. Their
children are grown.
Another officer in the Grand Lodge line we
don't have in the blue lodge progression to master is grand marshal (GMsl). Grand Marshal
Speed Hallman (Eagle 19) holds that chair beside Grand Chaplain (GC) Paul F. Kelly (Sanford 151). Hallman and his wife Susan live in
Hillsborough and have two teenaged sons.
There, you have it — the starting line up for
the 226th Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina. Don't get cocky,
though. We'll elect new officers at this meeting.
They'll be installed in December and take us all,
once again, into a new year.
teaching
the ancient and enduring philosophical
of G od within the B rotherhood of M an .
F atherhood
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