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GM Dodson and "The Chair" Grand Masters Banquet May 26, 2006 Lothrop Lodge # 21 Presentation Grand Masters Gift from Milam Lodge # 2 Certificate of Appreciation to Kyle Laird DDGM At Large Raymond Wiggins Grand Master and our own Lila Kerr DDGM Lane Feazell with Mrs. Emily Kerr Nacogdoches Assembly # 152 Rainbow Girls Raymond Wiggins Grand Tiler 2005 2005 Grand Lodge Officers
WM Greg Sowell presents checks and certificates to Lila Kerr and Kyle Locke. WM Greg Sowell and DDGM At Large Raymond Wiggins with Grand Master Brian R. Dodson sitting in "The Chair'. Table Arrangements provided and set up by Jonnie Sue Laird and Doris Wagner. Opening Comments from Master of Cermonies DDGM Lane Feazell of Masonic District 20 Presentation of the Flags by the Nacogdoches Police Department Honor Guard Dwayne Prestwood leads the Brethern and Guests with Pledges of Allegence to our Flags Brother Dean Cherry give the Opening Prayer and Blessed the food as well as providing Dinner Music on the piano accompanied by Dan McMahon on the Saxophone Raymond Wiggins Mayor Protem presents a Key to the City of Nacogdoches to GM Brian R. Dodson Raymond Wiggins presents a Proclamation from the City of Nacogdoches to GM Brian R. Dodson William Bell DDGM Masonic District 23 presents a Gavel and Clock to GM Dodson from Lothrop Lodge # 21 WM Don Sargent presenting the Gavel and Plaque to GM Brain R. Dodson Close up view of the hand crafted Mahogany Gavel and Plaque made by Brothers Jeff Florentine and Gerald Hebert of Milam Lodge that was presented to GM Dodson at the Banquet. GM Brian R. Dodson presenting a Certificate of Appreciation to Brother Kyle Laird for his outstanding work on the Milam Lodge Website DDGM Raymond Wiggins introduces our Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Texas Brian R. Dodson GM Brian R. Dodson addressing the audience on his Official Visit to the 20th Masonic District Lila Kerr the Grand Worthy Advisor of the Rainbow Girls of Texas talking to GM Dodson GM Brian R. Dodson with Lila Kerr the Grand Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Girls of Texas, and Lane Feazell DDGM Masonic District 20 Emily help coordinate the serving of the food at the Grand Masters Banquet with the help of the Nacogdoches Assembly # 152 of the Rainbow Girls The Rainbow Girls help serve the food at the Grand Masters Banquet DDGM Raymond Wiggins, DDGM Lane Feazell and Dwayne Prestwood Co-Ordinators of the Grand Masters Banquet Jack Mathews receiving the Golden Trowel award from Senior Warden Gregory Sowell. Our own Raymond Wiggins being sworned in as Grand Tiler of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas. Original Republic of Texas Masonic Charter Dated Dec. 2, 1838 One of the original twelve chairs of Milam Lodge reserved exclusively for the current Governor of the State of Texas, the President of the United States,or the Grand Master of the State of Texas. Chair reserved for the newly raised Master Mason to sit in while receiving his Master Mason Lecture Stair Lifts installed in Milam Lodge in March 2005 allowing accessibility to our disabled brothers. Dining Hall displaying the flags that have flown over Texas Grand Tiler Raymond Wiggens presenting the Golden Trowel award to John Derrick W.M. Don Sargent (2005) presenting gifts to installing officers Michael D. Nanny P.G.M., and Lloyd Phelps, Installing Marshall. Grand Master 2005 and Milam's three principal officers. Left to right: Greg Sowell S.W., Don Sargent W.M., Elmer Murphy III G.M. 2005, Coby Carter J.W. Grand Master Elmer Murphy III and Grand Tiler Raymond Wiggins with "The Chair." GM Elmer Murphy III sitting in "The Chair", along with, from left to right, GT Raymond Wiggins, GJW Tommy Griffin, DGM Brian R. Dotson, GP Micheal Wiggins, and David Counts Jr. The Grand Master made an official visit to Milam Lodge No. 2 in Nacogdoches on August 5, 2004. One of the highlights of the visit was the Grand Master sitting in the "Old Chair", which is one of 12 original chairs that were purchased by the lodge in 1837. The chair is reserved for the Grand Master of Masons in Texas, the current President of the United States, or the current Governor of Texas. Pictured with the Grand Master is R:.W:. Norris Conditt, DDGM 21A (left) and R:.W:. Jimmy Allison, DDGM 20.
This tractor was raffled off in order to raise money for the Milam Lodge Scholarship Fund.
WM Greg Sowell presents checks and certificates to Lila Kerr and Kyle Locke.
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