The North Carolina Mason

Page 12 The North Carolina Mason January/February 2018 Mileposts 143 Being part of a lodge is like being part of a family. And being part of a family, it turns out, can mean being part of a lodge. Family was front and center in many lodges this year as brothers, fathers, sons and uncles gathered as Masons for fellowship and service. One example of a Masonic "family reunion" came at the installation of officers at Union #618 in January. A father and his two sons, ages 26 and 24, have become master of the same lodge in three consecu- tive years. WB John Robert Nash (left) was installed as Master for 2018. His brother, WB David Gordon Nash, was master for 2017. And in the middle is the proud father, WB omas Lathan Nash Jr., who was Master for 2016. Meanwhile, in Mount Olive, another chapter in Masonic legacy was completed at the 2017 Sudan Shriners Fall Ceremonial. e legacy started in Mount Olive #208 back in October 2017 when the three sons of Tom and Millie Ferrell – Eugene T. Ferrell IV, Samuel M. Ferrell, and Jacob A. Ferrell – were raised to Master Mason by their father, Noble Tom Ferrell, Sudan Outer Guard. e very next month, the three elected to join Sudan Shriners at the Fall Ceremonial in Dunn. Noble Tom again took a very active role in the Sudan proceed- ings of the three new nobles crossing the "hot sands." Rounding out the legacy: e grandfather of the three new Ferrell Shriners, Noble Tommie Ferrell Jr., was a member of Mount Olive #208 and Sudan Shriners. Living Legacies: It's all in the family at some N.C. lodges Service Awards reported to e Mason Congratulations to all! Reported between Nov. 6 and Jan. 5: 60-year Taft S. Coward, Hominy #491 Fred Blount Davenport, Per- severance #59 Carl Moore, Cannon Memo- rial #626 Marion Leon Neville, East Gate #692 Robert Owen, Roseboro #585 50-year Kenneth Clayton, Cannon Memorial #626 Henry Spruill, Perseverance #59 Gerald Williams, Persever- ance #59 KANNAPOLIS – A little thanks goes a long way. Recently, brothers from Cannon Memorial #626 visited the Kannapo- lis Police Department to show thanks and appreciation, pres- ent coffee and muffins courtesy of the French Express Coffee House, and to provide an award of recognition to the officers. Chief of Police Woody Chavis accepted the award on behalf of the KPD. Thank you to the officers of Kannapolis for their continued efforts to keep the streets safe, as well as to the Brothers who attended, and to French Express Coffee House in Kannapolis for supporting our efforts by supplying the muffins and coffee. Masons in attendance: Hugh Moose, Dalton Jordan, Bobby Brown, C.J. Nickelson Jr., George Maxwell, Jerry Tucker, Steve Jordan, Josh Karriker, Jason Mathis, and Thomas VanEtten Sr.

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