Back Row (L-R): Derek E. Lair, Chap.; J. Gray Watson, Stwd; Noah A. A. Filyaw, SD; Dalton C. Coursey, JD; Gregory J. Stephan, Stwd; Thomas R. Knotts, PM, Tiler
Front Row (L-R): David T. Cooley, PM, Treas.; Jonathan T. Coker, SW; Daniel B. Hendrick, WM; Keith A. Payette, JW; R. Dustin James, PM, GHist, Sec.
Not Pictured: Dr. Jon H. Docherty, Sr., PM, Lodge Physician

Worshipful master - daniel b. hendrick

• 124th Worshipful Master of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M.
  • Perpetual Life Member - Raised in 2006
  • ​Inaugural Recipient of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M.'s Silver Trowel Award in 2023
  • Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
• Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina
  • Lecture Proficiency Medal Recipient (EA, FC, & MM)
  • Audit Committeeman 2025 - Present
• 27th Masonic District: Master Mason of the Year in 2024
• Honorary Life Member:
  • St. David’s Lodge No. 72, A.F.M.
  • Hartsville Lodge No. 173, A.F.M.
  • Amity Lodge No. 340, A.F.M.​
• 32º Master of the Royal Secret - Valley of Columbia, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction​
  • Sovereign Grand Commander’s Fellow 2024
  • Pee Dee Scottish Rite Club: 1st Vice-President 2025
• Florence York Rite Bodies:
  • Campbell Chapter No. 31, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina
  • Cephas Council No. 13, Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters of South Carolina
  • Florence Commandery No. 10, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of South Carolina
• Noble of Omar Shrine, Shriners International​
• Member of Scottish Rite Research Society​
• Member of South Carolina Masonic Research Society

senior warden - Jonathan t. coker

• Raised in Amity Lodge No. 340, A.F.M. in 2022
• Affiliated with Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2023​
  • Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
• Noble of Omar Shrine, Shriners International

junior warden - keith a. payette

• Perpetual Life Member of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. - Raised in 2023​
  • ​​Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
• Florence York Rite Bodies:
  • Campbell Chapter No. 31, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina
    • Appointed: ​Royal Arch Captain, 2025
  • Cephas Council No. 13, Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters of South Carolina
  • Florence Commandery No. 10, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of South Carolina
    • Appointed: ​Standard Bearer, 2025

treasurer - david t. cooley, pm

• Perpetual Life Member of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. - Raised in Mecca Lodge No. 407, A.F.M. in 2008
  • Treasurer 2022 - Present​
  • Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
• 46th Worshipful Master of Mecca Lodge No. 407 in 2011
• 32º Master of the Royal Secret - Valley of Columbia, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction​
  • Pee Dee Scottish Rite Club: Past President 2021 & 2022, Treasurer 2025 - Present
  • ​Fraternal & Chivalric Order of St. Andrew of the Valley of Columbia​
  Florence York Rite Bodies:
  • Campbell Chapter No. 31, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina
  • Cephas Council No. 13, Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters of South Carolina
  • Florence Commandery No. 10, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of South Carolina
• General Grand Council - Cryptic Masons International First Responder Award Recipient
• Noble of Omar Shrine, Shriners International - Medal of Honor Recipient
  • Omar Daredevils
  • Pee Dee Shrine Club
• Pee Dee Council No. 552, Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America​
• Palmetto Forest No. 206, Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America

secretary - r. dustin james, pGStwd, gHist

• Perpetual Life Member of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. - Raised in 2012
• Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina
  • Grand Historian 2025 - 2026
  • Grand Steward 2024 - 2025
  • Masonic Education Committeeman
    • 25th District, 2025 - Present
    • 27th District, 2023 - Present
  • Audit Committeeman 2021 - Present; Co-Chairman 2025 - Present
  • Fraternal Relations Committeeman 2025 - Present
• ​117th Worshipful Master of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2017
  • Secretary 2022 - Present; Treasurer 2018 - 2021​
  • ​Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
• 28th Worshipful Master of Magnolia Lodge No. 53, F.A.A.M., Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia in 2025
  • Lodge Historian 2019 - Present
  • William McLeod Frampton, Jr. Province (South Carolina)
    • Court of Honor Inductee 2022
    • Deputy Province Commander of Ritual 2021 - 2023
  • Pee Dee Area Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order
    • ​Charter President 2016 - 2020; Treasurer 2020 - Present
  • Delta Tau Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order (Beta Upsilon Class - 2010 Initiate)
    • Former No. I (President) 2013 - 2014
• Member, The Master and Wardens Association of The Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
• ​Honorary Life Member of St. David’s Lodge No. 72, A.F.M.
• Local Secretary for South Carolina of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 (EC) Correspondence Circle (The Premier Lodge of Masonic Research), United Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of England​
• ​32º Master of the Royal Secret - Valley of Columbia, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction​
  • Sovereign Grand Commander’s Fellow 2022
  • Pee Dee Scottish Rite Club: Past President 2023 & 2024
  • Will Chester Plant Chapter Knights Rose Croix
    • Appointed: Standard Bearer 2025
  • Fraternal & Chivalric Order of St. Andrew of the Valley of Columbia​
• Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina
  • Campbell Chapter No. 31: Past High Priest 2022
• Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters of South Carolina
  • Appointed: Illustrious Grand Conductor of the Council 2024 - 2025
  • Cephas Council No. 13: Past Illustrious Master 2023
  • Aiken Council No. 23, Super Excellent Masters; Life Member
• Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of South Carolina
  • Florence Commandery No. 10​: ​Past Eminent Commander 2024
    • Appointed: ​1st Guard, 2025
• Grand Council of the Order of High Priesthood of South Carolina
• Thrice Illustrious Masters’ Council of South Carolina
• ​Order of Knight Crusaders of the Cross of South Carolina
• Sovereign Grand Preceptors Chapter, Sovereign Order of Knights Preceptor
• ​Palmetto College No. 70, York Rite Sovereign College of North America
• Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America
  • Member, Pee Dee Council No. 552
  • Member, The Royal Order of the Masonic Knights of the Scarlet Cord
  • Member, Ye Antiente Order of Corks
• Life Member of Samuel H. J. Womack Council No. 20, Grand Council of Knight Masons of the United States of America
• The Masonic Order of Athelstan in the United States of America (Formerly of England, Wales & its Provinces Overseas)
  • Member, North Carolina Court No. 1 (formerly No. 73)
  • Founder, Palmetto Court No. 18 (formerly No. 184)
• Solar White Quarry Assemblage, The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers, and Bricklayers (The Operatives)
• Omar Shrine, Shriners International - Medal of Honor Recipient
  • Appointed: District Aide for Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Lee, and Marlboro Counties,  2024 - Present
  • Pee Dee Shrine Club
  • The Grand & Glorious Order of the Hillbilly Degree
    • Master Hillbilly of Hejaz Hillbilly Clan No. 2​​
    • ​Associate Member of Palmetto Clan No. 189
  • Omar Daredevils, Honorary Member
  • Omar River Rats, ​Past Director 2016; Treasurer 2017 - Present
• Palmetto Forest No. 206, Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America
• The Masonic Order of Bath in the United States of America
• San Jacinto Order No. 128, The Grand Order of the Sword of Bunker Hill
• DeMolay International
  • Honorary Senior DeMolay, Albert Pike Chapter​
• Fellow of Grand College of Rites of the United States of America
• ​Member of The Masonic Society
• Member of The Philalethes Society
  
• Member of Scottish Rite Research Society
• Life Member of South Carolina Masonic Research Society
  

Chaplain - Derek E. Lair

• Raised in Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2024
  

senior deacon - Noah A. A. Filyaw

• Raised in Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2023
  • Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
• Dual Member of Magnolia Lodge No. 53, F.A.A.M., Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia
  • Pee Dee Area Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order
    • Governing Board, 2024 - Present
  • Delta Tau Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order (Gamma Xi Class - 2021 Initiate)
    • Former No. III (Recording Secretary) 2021 - 2022

junior deacon - Dalton C. COursey

• Raised in Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2023
  
  • Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
    

steward - J. Gray Watson

• Raised in Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2023
  

steward - Gregory J. Stephan

• Raised in Irvine Valley Lodge No. 671, F.&A.M.; Grand Lodge of California
  
• Affiliated with Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2024
  

tiler - thomas r. knotts, pm†

• Raised in Flintville Lodge No. 158, A.F.M. in 1980
• Honorary Life Member of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M.
• Worshipful Master of Flintville Lodge No. 158, A.F.M. in 2006
• ​32º Master of the Royal Secret - Valley of Columbia, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction​
• Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina
  • Campbell Chapter No. 31: Past High Priest 2011
  • Winyah Chapter No. 45
• Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters of South Carolina
  • Appointed: Right Illustrious District Deputy Grand Master (6th District) 2017-18
  • Cephas Council No. 13: Past Illustrious Master 2010
  • Winyah Council No. 24
• Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of South Carolina
  • Florence Commandery No. 10: Past Eminent Commander 2012
  • Winyah Commandery, No. 24
• Grand Council of the Order of High Priesthood of South Carolina
• Thrice Illustrious Masters’ Council of South Carolina
• ​Order of Knight Crusaders of the Cross of South Carolina
• Palmetto Priory No. 54, Knights of the York Cross of Honour
• Chicora College No. 200, York Rite Sovereign College of North America
• Camden Council No. 148, Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America​
• Samuel H. J. Womack Council No. 20, Grand Council of Knight Masons of the United States of America ​
• Noble of Omar Shrine, Shriners International​
  • Omar Jailbirds
  • The Grand & Glorious Order of the Hillbilly Degree
    • Master Hillbilly of Hejaz Hillbilly Clan No. 2
• Palmetto Forest No. 206, Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America​
• Never Denied Chapter, Widows Sons Masonic Riders Association

lodge physician - dr. jon h. docherty, sr., PM

• Perpetual Life Member of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. - Raised in 2009
• 114th Worshipful Master of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. in 2014​
  • Member of the Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. Sesquicentennial Society
• 32º Knight Commander of the Court of Honour - Valley of Columbia, Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, SJ
  • Pee Dee Scottish Rite Club: Honorary Past President 2021
  • ​Fraternal & Chivalric Order of St. Andrew of the Valley of Columbia​
  Florence York Rite Bodies:
  • Campbell Chapter No. 31, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina
  • Cephas Council No. 13, Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters of South Carolina
  • Florence Commandery No. 10, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of South Carolina
• Palmetto College No. 70, York Rite Sovereign College of North America​
• Plural Member - Camden Council No. 148 & Pee Dee Council No. 552, Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America

living Past masters on the rolls

Living Past Masters of Hampton Lodge No. 204, A.F.M. on the Rolls
1964 • James Alford Lewis, PM
1972 • James Arthur Lynch, PM
1975 • Wayne Joseph O'Brien, PM
1977 • Herbert Bruce Murray, PM
1980, 1998 • Roger Edward Lane, PM
1981 • Charles Harold Norris, PM
1988 • Michael Wade Bailey, PM
1990 • Allard Clinton Page, Jr., PM
1992, 1996-97 • Carl Ronald Wallace, Sr., PDDGM
2000 • Samuel Eric Todd, PM
2005 • Garrett Lee Smith, PM
2010 • Herman Earl Person, Jr., PM
2011-12 • Robert Mitchell Floyd, PM
2013 • Charles Wesley Birt, Jr., PM
2014 • Jon Harrell Docherty, Sr., PM
2015 • James Ashley Drayton, PM
2016 • David Legare Miller, PM
2017 • Richard Dustin James, PM, GHist
2017 Honorary • Donald Samuel Tennyson, Sr., PGM
2018 • Christopher Scott Stephens, PM
2019 • Lory Wade Rawlinson, Jr., PM
2020-21 • Kevin Davis Rawlinson, PM
2022 • Donald Scott Allen, PM
2023 • Andrew Michael Aston, PM
2024 • Brice Edens DuBose, PM

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Living Past Masters of Mecca Lodge No. 407, A.F.M. on the Rolls
1970 • Ronald Lee Pope, PM
1977 • James Milton Johnson, PM
1981 • Daniel Prentice Thompson, Jr., PM
1987, 1994, 2012 • Don O'Neil Cox II, PM
1988 • Richard Marion Barfield, PM
1989 • Billy Ray Parker, PM
1991 • Benjamin Mack Turner, Jr., PM
2000, 2009 • Frank Kavanaugh Parrott, Jr., PM
2004 • Emery Butler III, PM
2006 • Tommy Lee Brown, PM
2011 • David Thompson Cooley, PM
2013 • Jeffery Clyde Thigpen, PM

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Living Affiliated Past Masters on the Rolls
1961 • Donald Samuel Tennyson, Sr., PGM - Drayton Lodge No. 361, A.F.M.
1977 • Atlas Ned Bullock, PM - Kingstree Lodge No. 46, A.F.M.
1989, 1996 • Donnie Edward Collins, PJGD - St. David's Lodge No. 72, A.F.M.
2000 • Richard Marion Barfield, PM - Benton Lodge No. 26, A.F.M.
2006 • McAlvanay "Mac" Thomas, PM - Eau Claire Lodge No. 344, A.F.M.
2010-11 • Wayne Joseph Beach. PDDGL - Solomon Lodge No. 271, A.F.&A.M. (Missouri)
2016 • Paul Ernest Patton, PM - Fountain Inn Lodge No. 192, A.F.M.
2017 • James "Jimmy" Walter Gamble, PM - Flintville Lodge No. 158, A.F.M.
2020 • Wesley David O'Laire, PM - Fond du Lac Lodge No. 26, F.&A.M. (Wisconsin)
2024 • David Brian Kennedy, PM - St. David's Lodge No. 72, A.F.M.
2025 • R. Dustin James, PM, GHist - Magnolia Lodge No. 53, F.A.A.M. (Washington, DC)

board of trustees & Committeemen

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

• Daniel B. Hendrick, WM*
• David T. Cooley, PM, Treas.*
• Andrew M. Aston, PM - 2025
• Brice E. DuBose, PM - 2026
• R. Mitchell Floyd, PM - 2026
• Gary B. Hendrick - 2025

AUDIT COMMITTEE

• Jonathan T. Coker, SW
• Keith A. Payette, JW
• Noah A. A. Filyaw, SD

COMMITTEE ON CHARITY

• Daniel B. Hendrick, WM*
• Jonathan T. Coker, SW*
• Keith A. Payette, JW
• David T. Cooley, PM, Treas.*
• R. Dustin James, PM, GHist, Sec.*

COMMITTEE ON FUNDS

• Daniel B. Hendrick, WM*
• Jonathan T. Coker, SW*
• Keith A. Payette, JW
• David T. Cooley, PM, Treas.*
• R. Dustin James, PM, GHist, Sec.*

* Member by virtue of Lodge Office