The North Carolina Mason

Kevan Frazier Elected New Grand Master Kevan Delaney Frazier has been elected Grand Master of North Carolina's 32,000 Freemasons, the highest elected position within North Carolina Freemasonry. The Asheville native has been a Master Mason since September 2009. He was elected Oct. 1 during the Annual Communication of North Carolina Masons, the annual convention where some 1,000 Masons gather to take care of fraternal business. Frazier, executive director of Western Carolina University Programs since 2004, is a past master of Mount Herman Lodge #118. He has honored the founders of his hometown in his book Legendary Locals of Asheville and is owner of the Well-Played Board Game Café – the first board game café in North Carolina. He also founded the Asheville by Foot walking tour. He is the son of Nelson Delaney Frazier and Donna Lynn Poore Frazier and lives in his beloved hometown. In Masonry, he has served his lodge and the greater fraternity on numerous committees, Grand Lodge Committees on WhiteStone, a Masonic and Eastern Star senior community, the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford. He also served terms on the board of directors of both homes. Frazier has served on the Board of General Purposes, the Grand Lodge Jurisprudence and Finance committees, and the Ad Hoc Membership Committee. He also served as representative to the George Washington National Masonic Memorial. He was appointed to the Grand Line – the appointed and elected governing officers of Masonry in North Carolina – on Dec. 3, 2016, by then-Grand Master Bryant D. Webster of Black Mountain. Frazier will serve as Grand Master for one year. He will be installed and begin his year of service during a public ceremony at WHERE on Dec. 3, 2022. Frazier will preside over the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons in North Carolina, which consists of some 370 lodges statewide. The Grand Lodge headquarters is located on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh. W I N T E R 2 0 2 2 | 7

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