The North Carolina Mason

Transou is all about helping others in his Masonic and faith lives. He was baptized and confirmed in the New Philadelphia Moravian Church in Winston-Salem and has served on the Board of Trustees at churches in Winston-Salem and Raleigh. He has played weekly in the Moravian Church band since 1989 and served a term on the board of trustees for the Moravian Music Foundation. Stepping onto the Grand Line will be a different approach to his Masonry. "I try to be a servant leader," he said. "I like to accomplish things in the background and support others who are in the lead. We always need apprentices in the quarries, and I've tried to be that." He knows, up the line, he may be front and center in the Craft. That was one reason he needed time to think before accepting his new role. "The important thing is that in each of these roles on the Grand Line, it's not me, it's not the individual … It's the office you're fulfilling. It should never be about the individual. But about the office." Graham, Gavin Wyatt 31 Phalanx Montgomery, Zachery James 31 Phalanx Berry, Lynn Howard 75 Widow's Son Wilson, Christopher Edward 75 Widow's Son Agudelo, Angelo 83 Lafayette Stadsvold, Samuel Ole 138 King Solomon Parker, Benjamin Joseph 150 Pee Dee Moncrief, Jay Richard 244 Monroe Green, John Leland 262 Hibriten Byrd, Bradley Michael 302 Lillington Hightower, Scott Christopher 319 Wilmington McMahan, Dennis Kevin 373 Ashler Yandle, Kyle Monroe 381 Forest City Dellinger, Clifton Ronald 387 Kedron Worley, Colby Mace 397 Bald Creek Greaves, Robert John 446 Biltmore Rice, Anthony Dale 446 Biltmore Hayes, Jason O'Neal 515 Whetstone Roper, Benjamin Lawrence 515 Whetstone King, Benjamin Cooper 576 Andrew Jackson Shuping, Jonathan Mark 576 Andrew Jackson Hipps, Daniel Leslie 592 Maiden Leonard, James Clifton 657 Keller Memorial Hensley, Chance Austin 663 Black Mountain Bourne, Charles George 680 Semper Fidelis Tsakaris, Michael Nicholas 693 Charles M. Setzer Kesler, Marcus Conway 695 Allen-Graham Bumgarner, Stephen Glenn 709 Conover Fowler, Danny Scott 749 Truth Spradlin, Mark 749 Truth Klein, Robert Evan 753 Federal Point NEWLY RAISED BROTHERS S P R I N G 2 0 2 3 | 19

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