1868 Charles R. McAlpine
1869 Charles R. McAlpine
1870 William A. Fiske
1871 William A. Fiske
1872 Robert Grant
1873 Robert Grant
1874 Robert Grant
1875 Richard Herbert
1876 Richard Herbert
1877 Calder S. Sherwood
1878 Calder S. Sherwood
1879 William A. Fiske
1880 James S. Tommer
1881 C. W. Walker
1882 C. W. Walker
1883 D. J. Turner
1884 D. J. Turner
1885 Thomas A. Bain
1886 W. V. H. Williams
1887 Claude E. Culpepper
1888 John W. H. Porter
1889 John W. Borum
1890 John W. Borum
1891 William A. Fiske
1892 William A. Fiske
1893 William A. Fiske
1894 William A. Fiske
1895 W. L. Davis
1896 E. A. Wood
1897 O. F. Byrd
1898 L. H. Davis
1899 L. H. Davis
1900 L. H. Davis
1901 E. Alexander Hatton
1902 J. W. S. Butt
1903 A. D. Mosley
1904 A. D. Mosley
1905 William Chapman
1906 J. F. Wright
1907 Basil L. Meads
1908 C. V. Schooler
1909 J. H. Hall Jr.
1910 C. W. Walker Jr.
1911 Carey J. Hall Jr.
1912 Calder S. Sherwood Jr.
1913 J. B. Sadler
1914 L. M. Robbins
1915 R. H. Rice
1916 D. T. Britt
1917 V. S. Nicholson
1918 V. S. Nicholson
1919 William Reed
1920 F. T. Briggs
1921 Lee Wood Walker
1922 W. L. Sterling
1923 R. E. James
1924 W. P. Miltier
1925 E. Robie Sturevant
1926 J. T. Hesketh
1927 W. W. Sturevant
1928 Rudolph R. Cooke**
1929 J. M. Joyner
1930 A. E. Parker
1931 G. B. Kremer
1932 E. W. Lawrence
1933 L. R. W. Hackman
1934 D. R. Overman
1935 F. Riehle
1936 W. E. Thrift
1937 J. F. Maunder
1938 I. F. Walpole
1939 H. C. Callis
1940 J. P. Powell
1941 J. L. Bowman
1942 R. P. Britt
1943 C. R. Warren
1944 E. L. Maynor
1945 R. C. Esleeck
1946 W. T. Van Dyke
1947 H. F. Snyder
1948 W. R. Poor
1949 S. H. Hollar
1950 W. F. Talmage
1951 E. L. Britt
1952 Andrew L. Leonard
1953 William H. Coggins
1954 Charles W. Weston
1955 Ernest B. Hunter Jr.
1956 Aaron C. Ricks
1957 John R. Summerlyn Jr.
1958 John L. Saunders
1959 William G. Cummings
1960 Lemuel C. Johnson
1961 James M. Dearing
1962 James T. Benn
1963 Leamon Perry House
1964 Carl John Bassemier
1965 Emmett Edward Harrell
1966 Joseph Warren Weaver
1967 Elbert Lavan Lamber
1968 Frank Linwood Minter
1969 James H. Wagner
1970 Leonard Lee Smith
1971 Lewis C. Megginson Jr.
1972 John D. Underwood Sr.*
1973 S. J. Phipps
1974 Wilson Y. Adams*
1975 Wilson Y. Adams*
1976 B. R. Bodenhamer
1977 M. L. Doleman
1978 Lemuel C. Johnson
1979 J. M. Godfrey
1980 J. W. Calloway
1981 George A. Johnson
1982 Lee O. Hunt Sr.
1983 Thomas H. Fuller
1984 Thomas H. Fuller
1985 Robert P. Britt
1986 Thomas W. Davis
1987 L. L. Ely IV
1988 Ashley W. Silverthorne
1989 J. A. Giarmono
1990 R. M. Geisham
1991 William V. Davis
1992 L. L. Ely IV
1993 C.O. Barclay Jr.
1994 R. L. Lawrence
1995 Thomas Mason Huett III
1996 Thomas Mason Huett III
1997 R. Kirk Culpepper*
1998 T. M. Huett III
1999 John D. Underwood Jr.
2000 John D. Underwood Sr.*
2001 C. O. Barclay Jr.
2002 Philip Kee Poffenbarger Jr.*
2003 D. R. Whalen
2004 D. R. Whalen
2005 R. Kirk Culpepper*
2006 J. W. Stuff
2007 J. D. Miller
2008 Austin Sallinger
2009 K. Allen Young
2010 Raymond Soltis*
2011 Raymond Soltis*
2012 Philip Kee Poffenbarger Jr.*
2013 Gregory Edwards
2014 Major G. Stephenson
2015 C. Scott Benton*
2016 C. Scott Benton*
2017 Otis E. Deaver Jr.
2018 R. Keith Williams
2019 R. Keith Williams
2020 Eric John Fierst
2021 Eric John Fierst
2022 R. Timothy Jones*
2023 Timothy Paul Wolf
2024 Current Worshipful Master
* District Deputy Grand Master
** Grand Master
*** No longer a member
1948 Ernest L. Maynor
1949 Walter T. Tyler
1950 Charles W. Hughes
1951 Binford M. Hutchins
1952 Lawrence C. Powell
1953 Ralph C. Morris
1954 Hubert J. Sorrell
1955 Lonnie W. Barnes
1956 Carl J. Griffin
1957 Glance C. Meadows
1958 Fletcher W. Carson
1959 Robert J. Fraley
1960 Melvin L. Hackman
1961 Arthur Siegel
1962 James H. Pridgen
1963 Howard H Barnes
1964 Eugene C. Beacham
1965 Ellsworth F. Burch Sr.
1966 Rogerson L. Staples
1967 Marion Holloman
1968 John E. Mathias Jr.
1969 Edmund R. Lauer Jr.
1970 Charles Ellis Edwards
1971 Edward T. Conover
1972 Stanley A. Harris
1973 Walter C. Savelle
1974 Alvin L. Kennedy
1975 Jack R. Hilton
1976 John E. Charles
1977 Thomas W. Benton
1978 Chester McKibben
1979 W. Eugene Bunn
1980 Homer J. McAlpin
1981 W. Archie Blythe
1982 Charles E. Brinkley
1983 Leroy T. Coleman
1984 Herbert M. Hartlove
1985 Jeffrey L. Braun
1986 Dallas A. Weaver
1987 DeWitt P. True
1988 George E. Talbot Jr.
1989 Roy A. Myers
1990 George C. Daggett Jr.
1991 Paul A. Miller
1992 ***Klaus O. Schumann
1993 Gerald T. Woods
1994 Woodrow L. Brown*
1995 Woodrow L. Brown*
1996 Larry G. Whitten Sr.
1997 Edward P. Martin*
1998 Theodore W. Sprinkle
1999 Charles J. Whitmore Jr.
2000 Michael G. Broz
2001 Edward L. Creecy
2002 Carl Mason Sharp
2003 Edward L. Creecy
2004 Stormy Thorson*
2005 ***Barry Joe Overstreet
2006 Jeffrey C. Flowers
2007 Phillip R. Hilton
2008 C. Scott Benton*
2009 Edward L. Creecy
2010 C. Scott Benton*
2011 ***Fred Lewton
2012 Major G. Stephenson
2013 Edward L. Creecy
Merged with Seaboard # 56
From 1868 to 1904, officers were elected and installed in June. The lodge By-laws were changed on 1/6/1904 to elect and install officers at the December Stated Communication.
Members that are Past Masters of other Lodges
Seaboard Lodge No. 56
Est. 1868
W. T. Moore Portsmouth 100
Stormy Thorson* C.T. Morton 232
Robert McBride* Ruth 89
Robert McBride* Portsmouth 100
Robert McBride* Norfolk 1
B. J. Dempster Scotland
Joe R. Murray* Portsmouth 100
E. Clifton Whitlock Lake Drummond
K. Allen Young Portsmouth 100
J. L. Marshall Scotland
S. J. Milliner Portsmouth 100
Robert S. Young Portsmouth 100
P. K. Poffenbarger* Western Branch 189
Eric J. Fierst Western Branch 189
Trey Phelps Churchland 276
We proudly honor our Past
Masters
Worshipful Master and Past Masters
Tidal Wave Lodge No. 273
1899 - 2014
Past Masters
The senior officer of a Masonic Lodge is the Master, normally addressed and referred to as the "Worshipful Master". The Worshipful Master sits in the East of the lodge room, chairs all of the business of his lodge, and is vested with considerable powers without further reference to the members. He also presides over ritual and ceremonies.
The office of Worshipful Master is the highest honor to which a lodge may elect any of its members. The office is filled annually by election, often by secret ballot. The requirements as to who is eligible for election as Master vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the majority of jurisdictions specify that a brother must have served as an installed Warden to qualify. In practice, most lodges will nominate and elect the previous year's Senior Warden in an uncontested election.
The honorific "Worshipful" does not suggest that the Master is worshiped, but is used in its original meaning, "worthy of respect". (Mayors and magistrates in parts of England and the Commonwealth are also traditionally called "Worshipful" or "Your Worship.
At the conclusion of his limited term of office, a Worshipful Master is termed a “Past Master”. The duties and privileges of Past Masters vary from lodge to lodge and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In most jurisdictions, a Past Master retains the honorific "Worshipful" This page is dedicated to the men that have served our lodge as Worshipful Master and are now recognized as Past Masters.
Washington - Lafayette Lodge
No. 176
1948 - 2013
1899 Tom W. Ridley
1900 Tom W. Ridley
1901 J. H. Johnson
1902 Samuel Edward Wiley
1903 M. P. Jones
1904 M. P. Jones
1905 Byron Hubbs Covert
1906 Frank W. Hudson
1907 E. W. Countis
1908 Fletcher Watts Knott
1909 John Powell Hoffler
1910 John A. Maynard
1911 W. W. Vaughn
1912 William Peyton Rice
1913 Harry W. Dickerson
1914 Harry R. Skutt
1915 Charles Otho Dill
1916 John Alfred Caveness
1917 John Larson Best
1918 Pearle Judson Wilson
1919 S. L. Grimes
1920 Perry T. Bradley
1921 Walter E. Barrick
1922 Samuel Neuffer Stewart
1923 Ernest M. Jordan
1924 Jack Mills Parker
1925 Kindred Baugham
1926 George Thoms Culpepper Jr.
1927 Richard Wesley Shepherd
1928 Millard Filmore Parker Jr.
1929 James Olander Carson
1930 Lawrence W. McAlpine
1931 Arthur Elesha Farver Jackson
1932 Lester Clark Rogers
1933 Andrew Jackson Minter
1934 Robert John Snowdon
1935 Harvey Lufton Fennell
1936 William Jennings Jarrett
1937 Lawrence Warren Fanson
1938 Richard Orace Player
1939 Charles Harrison Hunter
1940 William F. Cross Jr.
1941 George Jefferson Deans
1942 Earl Nixon Swain
1943 William Edwin Hinton
1944 Owens Richardson Turner
1945 Stanley Ray Miller
1946 William Jordan Sawyer
1947 Dean Lincoln Smith
1948 Frederick Winston Culpepper
1949 Frank Kornegay Thomson
1950 David Raynold Pate Baldwin
1951 Stuart Melvin Richardson
1952 Joseph Daniel Beck
1953 Emmett Moyler Storey
1954 Harvey Lenwood McLauchlin
1955 Maurice Robert Berry
1956 William Herbert Evans Jr.
1957 James Henry Flesher Jr.
1958 William David Welch
1959 Samuel Jerome Alston
1960 John Luther Shearin
1961 Bernard Rountree Smith
1962 Levis Rawls
1963 George Thomas Harrell
1964 Robert Curtis Ward
1965 Bonnie Lee Hardison Jr.
1966 Henry Charles Williams Jr.
1967 Willetis Gaston Stiles Jr.
1968 Otto Leroy Dunn
1969 Russel Hollingsworth
1970 Carleton Dewey English*
1971 Clifton Curtis Williams
1972 Dale Ernest Kelley
1973 James Carlton Thomson Jr.
1974 George Benge Yeates
1975 Edward Lee Britt
1976 Robert Owen Basham Sr.
1977 Charles Frank Goodrich Jr.
1978 William Guy Buck Jr.
1979 Robert Riddick Collins Jr.
1980 James Bythel Taylor III
1981 Marcus Dean Hargrove
1982 Charles Darcy Padrick
1983 Billy Ray Taylor
1984 Johnnie Ray Ricks
1985 Eugene Robinson Lee
1986 Franklin Jefferson James
1987 Lightfoot Alexander Crews
1988 Carl Edward Walker
1989 Arthur Charles Dennis
1990 Richard Warren Pannell
1991 Arthur Roges Ybarra Jr.
1992 Carleton Dewey English*
1993 William Guy Buck Jr.
1994 John Durr Poffenbarger Jr.
1995 Bruce Allen Dennis
1996 David Carl English*
1997 Daniel Frank Hall
1998 Philip Kee Poffenbarger Jr.*
1999 Franklin Dean Edmondson
2000 Darrell Lane Bousman
2001 Robert Garland McBride*
2002 Adrian Alan Ames
2003 Robert Garland McBride*
2004 Raymond Mickey Soltis*
2005 Raymond Mickey Soltis*
2006 Raymond Mickey Soltis*
2007 P. J. Wylie
2008 M. H. Coffman
2009 Carleton Dewey English*
2010 ***John F. Clark
2011 R. Timothy Jones*
2012 David Thomas Livingston
2013 R. Timothy Jones*
2014 R. Timothy Jones*
Merged with Seaboard # 56