Order of High Priest
Chair Degree for past High Priests
South Carolina
About the
Order of High Priest
Any Companion who is presiding, or has presided, over a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in South Carolina is invited to have the Order conferred. Please contact the Secretary of your Constituent Chapter for a petition or download a copy from this web site where the forms and documents are found.
Meeting Time & Location
The Council of the Order of High Priesthood of South Carolina will convene on the Third Saturday in April at the Masonic Temple in Columbia. (Check the Calendar on the homepage of the Grand York Rite website for the time.)
Note: Next meeting is 2025. Times will be posted on the SCGYR Home Page Calendar.
Dress Code
Officers and Degree Team - Dark Suit
Contact info
Robert J. “Bob” Bean, Sr.
724 Kitty Ln
Florence SC 29501-8836
Tel. No.: 843-229-4710
E-mail: [email protected]
Officers
| Officers 2024-25 | |
| Most Excellent President | Douglas Knauer {4} |
| Excellent Vice President | Walker Moore {2} |
| Excellent Chaplain | Robert Saverance {6} |
| M Ex Treasurer | Dana P Rickards PMEP |
| M Ex Recorder | Robert J Bean Sr PMEP |
| Ex Master of Ceremonies | Ricky Chubb {1} |
| Ex Conductor | Gary Sowell {5} |
| Ex Herald | Marcus Burdette {3} |
| Ex Steward | Jeffrey Hall {2} |
| Ex Sentinel | Nelson D Horton {4} |
Degree Team(s)
| Primary | Alternate | |
| Most Excellent Preside | Andy Hendrix | Gerald Burton |
| Excellent Vice President | James Lyles | |
| Excellent Chaplain | Richard Sealy | Steve Whitaker |
| M Ex Recorder | Bob Bean | |
| Ex Master of Ceremonies | Pete Bailey | |
| Ex Conductor | Steve Fields | |
| Ex Herald | Charles Varn | |
| Ex Steward | ||
| Degree Master | Gerald Burton |
Past Officers
| Past Excellent President | |
| NAME | Year Pres |
| W H Witherow * | 1895 |
| Jacob T Barron * | 1896-1898 |
| John R Bellinger * | 1899-1908 |
| Benjamin Burr * | 1909 |
| William A Giles II * | 1910-1912 |
| James L Mitchie * | 1913 & 1914 |
| Joseph Lindsay * | 1915 & 1916 |
| William E Gantt * | 1917 |
| James L Mitchie * | 1918-1928 |
| William A Giles II * | 1929-1936 |
| Robert T Goodhale * | 1937 & 1938 |
| John D Lee * | 1939 |
| L D Simpson * | 1940-1943 |
| W Robin Zemp * | 1944-1948 |
| James L Howe * | 1949-1952 |
| Hugh N Layne * | 1953-1957 |
| J B McGuirt * | 1961 & 1962 |
| R Lewis Smith * | 1963 & 1964 |
| V E Bentley * | 1965 |
| W N Bradford * | 1966 |
| Henry F Collins * | 1967 |
| G Hugh Ballinger * | 1968 |
| Thomas B Clark Jr * | 1969 |
| S A Bannister * | 1970 |
| John H Wynn * | 1971 |
| W C Wylie Jr * | 1972 |
| W C Sheely Jr * | 1973 |
| W Gates Lanford * | 1974 |
| T Scott Godfrey * | 1975 |
| James H Mathis * | 1976 |
| Robert F Secrest * | 1977 |
| J D Penley Jr * | 1978 |
| Claude D Robinson * | 1979 |
| Sam L Grant Jr * | 1980 |
| George W Romanstine * | 1981 |
| J C “Mike” Hubbard Jr * | 1982 |
| James C Parris * | 1983 |
| John A Dixon * | 1984 |
| T Harry White * | 1985 |
| Willard F Bond * | 1986 |
| John B Maxey * | 1987 |
| Fred Batson * | 1988 |
| W Jay Horne * | 1989 |
| J Allen Prescott # | 1990 |
| G Ray Marsh * | 1991 |
| R Henry Brown * | 1992 |
| Everette T Deitz * | 1993 |
| Richard L Harding * | 1994 |
| G Kent Elkins * | 1995 |
| James G Dover * | 1996 |
| David S Hucks Jr * | 1997 |
| Joseph L McGee | 1998 |
| J Frank Gilliland * | 1999 |
| Lloyd F Christopher | 2000 |
| Ford M Thornton * | 2001 |
| Alfred Allsbrook * | 2002 |
| J Sam Burton | 2003 |
| Rawl J Scheibler | 2004 |
| Johnnie T Morris | 2005 |
| Doug G Lee | 2006 |
| Larry S Rhodes | 2007 |
| Carl R Truesdale * | 2008 |
| Robert J ‘Bob’ Bean Sr | 2009 |
| Eric A Meace * | 2010 |
| T Henry Waldrep * | 2011 |
| Gary N Martin | 2012 |
| Harvie B “Pete” Bailey | 2013 |
| S Hal Gregory | 2014 |
| J Gordon Cartrette | 2015 |
| H Ted Burgess | 2016 |
| John T ‘Temp’ Dickson * | 2017 |
| Dana P Rickards | 2018 |
| Floyd W Goff Sr | 2019 & 2020 |
| Robert J ‘Robby’ Bean Jr | 2021 |
| Richard W Sealy | 2022 |
| Gerald D Burton | 2023 |
| Doug Knauer | 2024 |
| * DECEASED | |
| # WITHDREW |
