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Page 6 The North Carolina Mason March/April 2009 WeLcome our new Brothers BeneaTh The Oaks By Allen Hughes Administrator Masonic Home for Children at Oxford We can learn from our children Let me help Masonry's charities ❍ e North Carolina Masonic Foundation ❍ WhiteStone (MESH) ❍ e Masonic Home for Children ❍ Send information about wills and bequests. ❍ Please have someone contact me. My name Address City State Zip Phone My lodge In memory of (optional) Address To assure that your gift is properly credited to the fund of your choice, please make the check payable to that charity. Mail to e Grand Lodge of North Carolina, PO Box 6506, Raleigh, NC 27628. We used a new method of collecting names of new Masons in our last issue. It resulted in many mistakes in matching new members with their lodge. We have made an effort to correct the errors from the last list. As a result, this new member list is longer than usual. 1 ............................ John Clell Hamm 1 ............ Howie George McCullough 3 ..................... Michael Shane Turney 3 ................ Jacob Eugene McConnell 3 .......................... Carlyon Lee Smith 4 ...................................John Paul Lee 7 ....................Edward Brian Basnight 8 ................... Paul Alexander Johnson 8 ......................Dennis Guy Patterson 8 ......................... Travis Sanders Ross 8 .................. Teddy Zachary Santiago 8 ........Ivan Manuel Santiago Vazquez 10 .......... Christopher Mark Withrow 31 .............. James Babcock Simons II 32 ........................ Daniel Lee Glenny 45 ....................... Justin Andrew Hale 53 .......................Jerry Michael Gibbs 53 .......... Benjamin Griggs Roberts Jr. 58 ............... William Matthew Joyner 58 ........................ Daniel Mark Cenci 64 .............. Joseph Wayne McDonald 64 ......................... Robert Paige Perry 64 .................William Charles Troetti 76 ...................... Matthew Carl Blake 76 ........ Christopher Bruce Wingfield 76 .....................James William Myers 76 .......................Michael Neal Myers 81 ..................... Franklin Eric Merritt 83 ....................Michael Lee Wagoner 83 ...................James Kerr Macfarlane 83 ..............Joseph Domenick Palmeri 83 ....................... David Alan Burford 83 ..................... David Dale Williams 84 ............ Anthony Alan Andreola Jr. 84 ........................... James Trent Price 85 ...................Arthur Paul Hyman Jr. 90 ................... James Cooke Guard Jr. 98 .................James Stephen Carberry 102 ....... Michael Christopher Kenlan 102 .........Christopher omas Burger 102 .................. Blaine Ray Sturdivant 104 ........................ Jason Perry Nixon 104 ............. Raymond Gary Williams 106 ....................... Todd Wesby Tilley 109 ................... Franklin Ray Fulcher 109 ................. Mahlon Patrick Swain 109 .....................Daniel Kline Barton 109 .................Zachary omas Davis 109 ................ Patrick Paul McCarthy 109 ................. Micah Kenric Shepard 113 ......................Vayton Neal Daniel 115 .................. David Nelson Morley 123 .......... Clifford Eugene Baldowski 123 ..... Christopher William Dement 123 ...................... Mark Brian Oakley 125 ...........Bobby Wendell Herring Jr. 129 ...........Vernon Elliott Cardwell Jr. 129 .........................Jason Lee Gibson 134 ...................... Darian Phil Correll 137 ............. Bertram urman Horne 138 ...............Talmadge Russell Lewis 145 ..................Coleman Lindsey Bell 145 ................Ernest William Holt Jr. 146 ........ Kenneth Edward Henson II 146 ............ Reginald Peter Whittaker 147 .......... Christopher Allen Barfield 147 ................. Brian O'Kelly Johnson 147 ........... Matthew Aaron Meredith 151 ....................Phillip Brian Howell 154 .......................Johnny Dale Lucas 158 ................. James Edward Beasley 158 ........................ Eric James Denny 167 .................Stephen Marshall Hux 172 .... Charlton Anthony Richardson 172 ................... Oscar Harold Pace Jr. 191 ............. omas Bennett Jones Jr. 202 ...........................Jason Lee Scates 202 .................... Frank Oliver Crump 205 ................... Jeffrey Michael Ward 207 ................. Sidney Dawson Heath 207 ........Woodrow Fleming Lovitt Jr. 207 ............. Christopher Scott Norris 207 ........................Isaac Colen Ezzell 207 ........ Christopher Joy Formyduval 207 ..............Daniel Timothy Hilburn 207 .................... Anthony Brian Price 208 .............Matthew Linwood Nunn 217 .............. Daniel Vincent Wheeler 217 ................ Kenneth Jason Ramsey 218 ............. James Albert Hatfield IV 229 ...................... William Ray Ranes 229 ............. John Franklin Van Zandt 244 ................Andrew James Malanik 244 .............. Raymond Samuel Myers 249 ...................... Aaron Tobias Shaw 249 ................. Charlie Wendell Knox 249 ................Matthew Jason Roberts 249 ................... Richard Dean White 249 ....................Travis Wesley White 249 ........... Richard Wayne Chaney II 249 ................. omas William Gore 253 ................. Dwight Wayne Austin 253 .................... James Robert Austin 259 ................ Gary Wayne Laughton 259 ......... Michael Edward Matthews 261 .........................Kyle omas Frey 261 ........... Tarek Issam Aboul Houda 261 ........................ Ketan Dhan Shah 263 ...................... Joshua David Crisp 263 .....................Jeffrey Brand Parker 263 ..................... Rodney Ervin Poole 265 ........................ Jeffrey Cecil Paige 265 ................... Matthew Allan Seats 267 ..................Gregory Lee Cathcart 267 ....... Charles Chadwicke Owenby 267 ...... Christopher Charles Owenby 267 ...............................Ira Lee Smith 272 ............. Blair Franklin Robertson 276 ............... Joseph Martin Jones III 276 ..................Zachiary Todd Stegall 282 ........................ Ben Everett Davis 282 ............. Patrick Ronald Salentine 282 .....................James Bryan Wright 289 ................. Richard Alan Lambert 289 .................... Brian Neill Woychik 289 ..................Mark Jarrett Chiarello 289 .................Grover Aubret Gore II 289 ................Mathew Albert Witt Jr. 292 ................ Timothy Wayne Green 292 ............. John Michael Henderson 294 ........... kenneth Eugene Collier Jr. 299 ...................... Joshua David Cope 299 ...................... Scott Merle Lykins 300 .............. Albert Louis McMicken 300 .................. Michael Ray Harmon 301 ................Rea Colfax Williams Jr. 304 ........................ Justin Aaron Byrd 304 .....................Jamie Lynn Cannon 314 ................................. Stuart Innes 314 ..... Durward Primrose Medlin III 317 ......................Jason Todd Warden 319 .............. Francis Stanton Blake Jr. 319 ..................... Kenneth Gale Cecil 319 ............... Darren Cecil Goodman 319 ..............Richard Walton Howard 322 ............ Ryan Douglas McMillian 322 ......................... Adam Scott Delp 322 ........................James Leon Smith 331 ................Phillip Curtis Gallahan 331 ..... William Chester Stalnaker III 339 ............... Rodney Patrick Paulson 343 ..................Troy Allen Lineberger 343 ....................Kevin Randall Burch 363 ................... Michael Grant Davie 363 .............. Michael Shannon Baker 363 ...................Justin Russell Horton 363 ....................... Bryan Scott Miller 363 ..........................Casey Lee Miller 363 ................... omas James Proffit 363 ..................Benjamin Daniel York 369 .................. Timothy Jones Brown 369 ..................... James Alvin Gibson 377 ...................... Jacob Aaron Moyer 384 ......... Matthew Wade Crutchfield 386 ................ omas Patrick Anglin 387 ........................... Scott Ray Justus 387 ............. Wiley Branch Kessler III 387 ........................ Jeffrey Wayne Nix 387 .................. Scott James Wischow 387 ...............Bruce Sterling Newman 388 ..................Kevin Michael Queen 388 ...................... Dean Allen Bingen 388 ............ Timothy Kale Henderson 391 .................... Woodrow Inman III 391 ........Christopher Lloyd Lewallen 391 ......... Brian Christopher Smedick 397 ................... Victor Cole Edwards 404 ................... Eric Kennedy Surratt 404 .................. John Timothy Bullins 405 ................ Brett Allen Rutherford 405 . Frederick Julian John Paul Luhmann 407 ........................... Alan Keith Hall 407 ................ William Terry Johnson 407 ....................Jamie Dale McGuire 407 ..................... Richard Lee Wilcox 407 ............... Phillip Mark Alexander 408 .............. Zackery Lee Handerson 408 ........... Jacques Maurice Menache 409 ..................Brandon Scott Brewer 409 ............................Gail Lee Elliott 409 ................Dale Preston Counts II 409 ...................Brian Louis Emerson 409 ........................John Scott Ingram 412 ..............Richard Hamme Garrett 412 ............ Aaron Chance Wilkinson 413 .................Charles Warner Harris 413 ............... David Landon Rayburn 420 ................ Timothy Hoyt Brawley 420 ..... Christopher Robert Whitaker 427 ....................Mark Douglas Mabe 429 ..............Michael Wayne Harman 429 .........Christopher Ryuji Williams 434 ................... Richard Gray Bowen 437 ............. Charles Edward Hudson 446 .................Robert Leroy Drury Jr. 461 ...................Aaron Eugene Carter 461 ...............George Brantley Owens 473 .................Tedman Harold Myers 473 ............Christopher Brian Neaves 483 .....................Travis Cashful Baity 483 ......................Terry Dean Church 483 ...................... James Rodney Hall 483 ......................... James Ray Jordan 491 ..................... Paul Trent McCraw 493 ................Dennis Matthew Tilley 496 ..............Phillip Meredith Hunter 496 ....................... William Kelly Hill 500 ................. Tracey Clayton Barker 500 ............... Anthony Lynn Godwin 500 .... William omas Highsmith Jr. 500 ...................... Robert Eric Ochart 500 ......................William Kurt Klotz 500 ....................... Kevin Heath Lytle 500 ........... Kelly William MacDowell 500 ...................... William Robertson 502 ...........................Corey Reid Sain 502 ......................... Chad Evan Ward 505 ........ Douglas Bruce Blackburn Jr. 505 ...................... Mark Wayne Davis 505 .............. Joseph Brian Lamacchia 509 .................... Robert Wayne Lilley 515 ................... Matthew Ross Foster 517 ................Carnie Earl Hedgepeth 519 ..................Cyril Bise Johnson III 519 ................... Wade Louis Moseley 521 .......................Edward Lee Mann 543 ...................Jeremy Allen Johnson 552 ........... Frank Windel Crutchfield 554 ......................Levi Austin Hefner 554 ................ Joshua Dale McKinney 554 ........................ John Darrell Jones 556 .................Robert Cassidy Dukes. 556 ......................... Carl Earland Lee 561 ........................Justin James Ayers 563 ................ Gentry Mark Coleman 564 ....................... Kerry Lee Stratton 565 ..................Jeremy Douglas Reese 568 ................ Kevin Dwayne Conner 571 ............ Stephen Douglas Johnson 573 ................ Dwight Edwin Church 576 ....................... David Alan Shelby 576 Council Haywood Weddington Jr. 585 ...... Brandon Ralph Schuerenberg 589 ..........Dennis Alton Roberson III 590 .................... Jeramiah Lee Snyder 590 ...................Joshua Daniel Snyder 592 ......... omas Mayes Rembert IV 593 ............. Jason Dwynell Lowrance 593 ............................... Roy Justice Jr. 598 ............. Paul Mitchell McKinney 609 .........Sean Dewey Points Bannon 616 .....................Stephen Ray Berrier 616 ........................ James Ray Collins 616 ..............Charles Jimmy Newman 618 .................. Mitchell Linn Reeder 618 ..................... Robert Lane Stegall 624 .................. Anthony Ray Newton 627 ...................Michael Dale Harvey 634 .....................Timothy Earl Baker 637 .................... Burnie Deese Austin 646 ....................Michael Leon Wyatt 650 .............Kenneth Andrew Allman 650 ................. Timothy Sean Puckett 650 ...................Ernest Jeffrey Worley 657 .................. James Dennis Hartley 657 .................. James Michael Finger 658 ............ Sammy Stephen Evans II 663 ...................... Joseph Lee Pegram 667 ......................... David Lynn Gray 667 .............. Michael Anthony Lewis 669 ................Travis Dean Broughton 670 ....................Michael Leon Swink 672 ................... Johnny Mack Collins 672 ................... Richard Dale Eller Jr. 673 ...................... Roy Lewis McKain 674 ...................John Wesley Sneed II 674 ................ Joseph Allen Allsbrook 675 .......................David Ralph Rowe 678 ........... Douglas Gene Maready II 680 ...................Walter Lino Marques 680 ....................John omas Gainey 680 ...................... Joseph Lynn Houle 680 .................. Ronald Keith Mallow 680 ................... Jason Patrick omas 688 ............. Glen Mitchell Carpenter 688 .................Kevin Carl Schutzman 691 ............. omas Elzevan Rudisill 691 .............. Charles Randolph Slater 693 ....... Kendrick Greene Barnette Jr. 694 ....................... John Russell Fields 694 .................. Erik Arthur Schuman 694 ................ Charles Vance Hudson 694 .....................Jason David Mesner 694 .................... Don Wayne Scott Jr. 695 .........................Toren Arthur Nix 699 ............... Bradley Wayne Morton 701 ................ Michael Gray Anthony 701 .................... James Wilson Ferrell 701 .............Shaun Edward Piltzecker 706 ................. Clyde Darrell Pittman 707 ............ Jesse Columbus Waters Jr. 708 ...................Jack omas Brock II 708 ................... Jerrod Stahr Hoyle II 708 ................ Barry Sterling Mitchell 708 ............. Jonathan Carroll omas 708 ................. Stuart Douglas Turner 708 ................. Eric Benjamin Frasure 709 .................... Robert Scott Bullard 712 ......................... Joseph Eric Allen 713 ............... Michael Daniel Horton 713 ................. Clifton Wayne Messer 713 ...........................Eric Clay Seagle 714 ..................... Joel James Herndon 714 .......... Lloyd Arnold Newman III 715 .............. Dennis Franklin Tyndall 725 ...............Brentley Shephard Hart 725 ................. Charles Buck Jernigan 727 ..................... Samuel James Frink 730 ...................... James Archie Biggs 730 ................... Sam Douglas Bullard 730 ..........................David Alan Gray 731 ..........................Jimmy Ray Cook 731 ................... William Albert Lillie 733 ........................Randy Ray Hoffer 734 ....... Charles Eugene Coddington 734 ..................Charles Matthew Cox 734 ................ Michael Leland Tucker 734 ..................Robert Michael Hazle 735 .............. Christopher Lee Moody 735 ........... Raymond Charles Daniels 735 ........................Terry Scott Sholar 737 ....................... David Scott Poteat 738 .................... George Robert Frias 738 ........... Michael Leaverne Hargett 738 ..........Luther Alexander Whitson 743 ................. Matthew Mark Gerfin 744 .................. Jack Holden Kennedy 744 ......................James Harold Allen 744 ..................... Joey Lynn Patterson 744 ................... Larry Scott Patterson 746 ................. Matthew Lee Johnson 749 ........................ Steven Edsel Hall 749 ..................... Jackie Ray Womack 749 ................ John Paxton McMillan 749 .................... James Robert Mullis 754 ............. Jonathan Vincent Bayliss 755 ................. Carlos Alberto Pereira 755 .................. Joseph Kenneth Ward 755 .................. Leonard David Miller 757 ........................ Daniel Ray Harris 758 .............. Robert Bennett Carmon 758 .............. omas Randall Towery 759 ............. Matthew Cannon Glenn 759 ............ Frank Easley Honaker III 762 ... Brandon Christopher O'Daniel 762 .............. Michael Osborne Young 762 ............... Brian Patrick Troutman 763 ...........Wayne Robert Dauphinais 763 .....................Mark Glenn Carroll Why can't things be the way they used to be? Why don't kids act the way they're supposed to? Why don't parents control their children like they should? How many times have we heard these questions, or how many times have we, ourselves, asked these questions? ere are so many of us who like to think of "the good 'ole' days" when children didn't dare question the authority or talk back to an adult. Many of us adults tend to stereotype today's youth as much more "challenging" than we were. (e truth being told, adults probably said the same about us when we were young.) To our way of thinking, adults are always right and children are supposed to listen and learn. In a perfect world that probably should be the case because it is our responsibility as adults to prepare our children for adult- hood. Unfortunately, our world is far from perfect and many "all-knowing" adults do dumb and immature things that hinder rather than help proper child development. Far too many adults are ill-prepared to handle children and irresponsibility displayed by adults often is justified cause for children to question them. Do we dare ask a child's opinion? If we're not willing to listen to a different point of view, we shouldn't ask. Children usually are not reluctant to tell us what they think, unless we ask them what they think they can do to improve themselves. But, most of us are like that; we're usually good about telling others what they need to do but are unwilling to admit that we might need to do things differently. We just can't seem to realize that if we try to deal with a child in anger or in a gruff or abusive tone the child most likely will react the same way. If we ask children why they acted a certain way, and then listen to them, we might learn that we caused the negative reaction. I like to try to get youth involved in organizing projects, especially community activities. In an earlier period in my life, I taught leader- ship skills to high school students and gave them the task of organiz- ing and coordinating hands-on projects. ere will always be some who are hesitant to accept responsibility and leadership roles, but there are many people of all ages who will lead if given the opportu- nity. Sometimes, if we suggest a project, there is reluctance of people to step forward and lead, but if it is their idea, get out of the way. Many of the projects chosen by my students were community service projects. In some cases, it was a matter of organizing a team to help with an existing program; for some it involved rais- ing money and collecting supplies to assist with an existing pro- gram. e most innovative projects were those in which the youth came up with ideas for new projects and led or coordinated the activities from start to finish. A lot of the projects in which the youth participated were organized and coordinated by adults, but the young participants added enthusiasm and gave renewed em- phasis to the efforts of the adults, while making a bigger impres- sion on those who benefited from the project. We encourage our children at the Home to get involved in community programs. It lets them see there are other people who might have a greater need than their own, and it often adds special meaning to those who benefit from the participation of the children. Our Home is truly blessed by the charity of a group of special young ladies. Little known to most of our Masons and supporters of the Masonic Home for Children is the fact that, for the tenth consecutive year, our Home has been selected as the primary charity effort of the winners of the Little Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant. In the past nine years the donations of the LMNC Queens have totaled more than $87,000. Over that nine- year period, only nine of our Masonic lodges have donated more for our children than these young ladies and their families. Who are these young ladies, and from where do they come? Girls compete in seven different age groups ranging from 15 months to 18 years old in pageants throughout all areas of North Carolina. e area pageant winners participate in a week-long LMNC State Pageant in July. e competition is similar to the Miss North Carolina Pageant with modifications and consid- erations for the age of the participants. e level of talent and maturity displayed by the young ladies is absolutely amazing. Ob- viously, the highlight of the final evening is the crowning of the eight new queens (one from each of seven age groups and the one who accumulated the highest overall score in all categories of competition), but the highlight for the outgoing queens has been the announcement of the fundraising success for their charity and the presentation of the check. Each queen participates in other charitable activities throughout the year, but MHCO is their main effort. It is such a special moment for me to receive their check to the Home and to try to explain the deep significance of their charitable efforts that I try to make time in my schedule to attend at least the last night of the pageant. see OAKS, page 4

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