GRAND COUNCIL, CRYPTIC MASONS of TENNESSEE
Most Illustrious Past Grand Masters
* indicates the brother has passed.
If you have any of the Past Grand’s missing Bios, please send them to the York Rite Grand Sec so we can fill in the ones we are missing.
Thanks.
Year
Name
Council #
2019-20
Gary Lynch Carter
102
2018
David Andrew Lacy
13
2017
Paul Frederick Richards
*
75
2016
Stanley Wayne Elder
1
2015
Leonard Bruce (Chip) Paslay, Jr
*
108
2014
George Leroy Stansberry
95
2013
Ralph Dudley Baggett
105
2012
Tommy Lee Foster
132
2011
Gary W. M. Davis
101
2010
Philip Morrison Simmons
1
2009
David P. Johnson
6
2008
Gary W. M. Davis
101
2007
James Glen Choate
107
2006
Marshall Luther Horn
89
2005
William R. Sylar Jr.
*
124
2004
Roy Lynn Stevens
*
1
2003
Donald Edgar Brooks
6
2002
Royce Peterson
77
2001
Wallace E. Maybery
*
86
2000
Adrian F. Chambers
*
100
1999
James E. Conner
*
103
1998
James Hoy Stephenson
*
1
1997
Robert W. Yahola
6
1996
Jarvis A. Gober
*
124
1995
Nick R. Ramos
109
1994
Donald Barrow
*
132
1993
Gary W. M. Davis
101
1992
William Blick Hooper
*
1
1991
Cecil C. Cavens
*
131
1990
Richard T. Sandberg
*
129
1989
Howard Bailey
*
133
1988
William F. Rollins
*
13
1987
Donald R. Kibble Sr.
*
127
1986
Johnny L. Byrd
*
1
1985
Harold Cristil
*
6
1984
Ralph H. Fletcher
*
119
1983
Carl Cunningham
*
86
1982
William B. Taylor
*
92
1981
Walter E. Ford, Jr.
*
111
1980
C. Douglas Thomas
102
1979
Max F. Shafer
*
131
1978
Herman F. Qualls
*
118
1977
Thomas M. Coleman
*
1
1976
R. J. Akin
*
94
1975
William W. Cannon
*
117
1974
Ray S. Garton
*
107
1973
David H. Vaughn
*
108
1972
Ralph R. Tokin
*
75
1971
John R. Stracener
115
1970
Dodds C. Griggs
*
122
1969
Oscar Earl Cook, Jr.
*
116
1968
William K. Lambie
*
1
1967
John F. Lafair
*
110
1966
Jacob R. Denny
*
101
1965
Bernie F. Winningham
*
84
1964
James E. Mcfadin
*
6
1963
Joe L. Neal
*
114
1962
Harold H. Harter
*
105
1961
Joseph C. Mobley
*
108
1960
Carl A. Parrott
*
111
1959
Coy H. Duke
*
1
1958
Otway Yates
*
104
1957
E. Leslie Webb, Jr.
*
103
1956
William C. Lee
*
112
1955
J. Threadgill Stewart
*
89
1954
Boyce E. Wooten
*
119
1953
B. Take Dawkins, Sr.
*
108
1952
James A. Burford
*
95
1951
Arch E. McClanahan
*
1
1950
Marvin E. Eagle
*
13
1949
E. Guy Frizzell
*
75
1948
Jessee N. Waggoneer
*
94
1947
John C. Crawford, Jr.
*
103
1946
James R. English
*
102
1945
Thomas E. Doss
*
1
1944
William Strome
*
95
1943
George F. Brookhart
*
86
1942
James R. Nethery
*
100
1941
Currie F. Taylor
*
1
1940
John M. Coben
*
92
1939
Luther R. Ault
*
101
1938
Grandville V. Elmore
*
102
1937
Alfred K. Lea
*
84
1936
B. Hunter Jackson
*
13
1935
Edgar I Brown
*
75
1934
W. P. Little
*
86
1933
Homer B. Clarke
*
1
1932
W. H. O’keefe
*
77
1931
J. A. Perkins
*
1
1930
R. V. Hope
*
100
1929
C. H. Simkins
*
75
1928
J. C. Long
*
89
1927
T. J. Luttrell
*
77
1926
Stith M. Cain
*
1
1925
L. M. Desassure
*
6
1924
S. Russell Dow
*
95
1923
Robert W. Parham
*
6
1922
John G. Hendon
*
88
1921
J. D. Henderson
*
75
1920
Lewis B. Handy
*
6
1919
Joseph Feinberg
*
13
1918
Joseph W. McDannell, Sr.
*
13
1917
Charles F. Wallace
*
75
1916
William O. Miller
*
84
1915
Joseph Leonard Wood
*
6
1914
Aaron Bergeda
*
1
1913
Andrew J. Reed
*
75
1912
Harris Hatcher
*
83
1911
S. Bruce Larue
*
77
1910
S. Bruce Larue
*
77
1909
Charles H. Smart
*
1
1908
R. Lislie Chiles
*
75
1907
John Hart, Jr.
*
84
1906
Andrew P. Trogden
*
74
1905
William A. Smith, Jr.
*
83
1904
Charlses H. Goodlett
*
1
1903
Rodney Blake
*
68
1902
Michael F. Flenniken
*
75
1901
Henry Flowers
*
76
1900
R. E. Thomas
*
68
1899
Theophilus W. Crutcher
*
1
1898
Charles Comstock
*
86
1897
Walter B. Kincannon
*
72
1896
John M. Sears
*
6
1895
James G. Aydelott
*
70
1894
Thomas O. Morris
*
1
1893
James H. McClister
*
1
1892
Henry R. Howard
*
70
1891
Benard A. Phillips
*
1
1890
N. F. Harrison
*
11
1889
Jacob C. Smith, Jr.
*
13
1888
John B. Garrett
*
1
1887
Angel S. Myers
*
6
1886
James R. Crowe
*
9
1885
Henry C. Hensley
*
1
1884
Pitkin C. Wright
*
1
1883
William S. Matthews
*
6
1882
Ewin Burney
*
1
1880
Ewin Burney
*
1
1879
George H. Morgan
*
57
1878
Benjamin R. Harris
*
13
1877
Bradford Nichol
*
1
1876
B. F. Haller
*
6
1875
Henry M. Aiken
*
59
1874
W. R. Shaver
*
38
1873
E. Edmundsun
*
9
1872
A. P. Hall
*
24
1871
James McCallum
*
9
1870
Americus V. Warr
*
8
1869
Wilber F. Foster
*
1
1868
David Cook, Sr.
*
21
1867
William H. McClesky
*
16
1866
John McClelland
*
1
1865
William Maxwell
*
31
1861
John Frizzell
*
27
1860
John H. Devereaux
*
2
1859
Jonathon Hunington
*
1
1858
Henry M. Lusher
*
6
1857
Robert I Chester
*
13
1856
Edward W. Kenney
*
6
1855
Lionel Howkins
*
2
1854
Jonathan Hunington
*
1
1853
James Penn
*
6
1852
John P. Campbell
*
2
1851
John P. Campbell
*
2
1850
Henry F. Beaumont
*
4
1849
John S. Dashiel
*
1
1848
Dyer Pearl
*
1
1847
Dyer Pearl
*
1
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