Palmetto Priory No. 54 Knights of the York Cross of Honour
South Carolina
About the
Palmetto Priory No. 54 Knights of the York Cross of Honour
CHARTERED, OCTOBER 6. 1956
The Knight York Cross of Honor (KCCH) is an Honorary Invitational York Rite Masonic Body.
Requirement: Presided over ALL FOUR York Rite Bodies
Meeting Time & Location
Annual Meeting - Third Saturday in April
(Check York Rite Home Page calendar to confirm.)
Due to the Chair Degrees being conferred at the 2024 Grand York Rite Sessions, the next Chair Degrees are scheduled for the morning of the KYCH meeting date in 2025. Times will be posted on the SCGYR Home Page Calendar.
KYCH meeting will start at 1:00 PM after the lunch break.
Dress Code
Officers and Degree Team: Tux, Members: Tux or Dark Suit
Contact info
Robert J. “Bob” Bean, Sr.
724 Kitty Ln
Florence SC 29501-8836
Tel. No.: (843) 407-7389
e-mail: [email protected]
Officers
| Prior | Rawl J Scheibler {2} |
| Deputy Prior | Marcus Burdette {3} |
| Warder | Gary Sowell {5} |
| Treasurer | Michael W Kirk |
| Registrar | Robert J Bean Sr PP |
| Prelate | Harvey B. Bailey {1} |
| Orator | Ricky C Freeman {6} |
| Herald | Douglas Knauer {4} |
| Director of Work | John R Bowker |
| COMMITTEES |
| Audit Committee |
| Robert Saverance |
| Bobby Joe Albert |
| Richard Valentine |
| By-Laws Committee |
| Gerald Carver |
| John Bowker |
| Pete Bailey |
| Nominating Committee |
| Robert Bean Sr. |
| Jeff Hall |
| Richard Sealy |
| Installing Committee |
| Robert Bean Sr |
| Pete Bailey |
| Richard Sealy |
| Finance Committee |
| Jeff Hall-Chairman |
| Treasurer |
| Registrar |
Degree Team(s)
| Office | Primary | Alternate |
| Prior | Robert Lacer | |
| Deputy Prior | Richard Sealy | |
| Warder | Pete Bailey | |
| Registrar | Robert J Bean Sr | |
| Prelate | Kenny Miles | Gary Sowell |
| Orator | Robert Saverance | |
| Herald | Rawl J Scheibler | T J Martin |
| Lodge Lecture | Richard Valentine | Gary Hinson |
| Chapter Lecture | John Majerus | Mike Kirk |
| Council Lecture | Charles Varn | John R Bowker |
| Commandery Lecture | Will Ghent | Dana Rickards |
| Music | Robert Lacer | |
| Prompter | Marcus Burdette | |
| Degree Master | Pete Bailey |
Past Officers
| Past Presidents of the Past Presidents Association No. 2 | ||
| * | Thomas P Johnson | 1928 |
| * | O Frank Hart | 1929-1931 |
| * | W W Wannamaker | 1932-1938 |
| * | Joseph Lindsay | 1938-1944 |
| * | Sam T Landham | 1945-1949 |
| * | Paul T McNeel | 1950 |
| * | A J M Wannamaker | 1951 |
| * | Fred S McFadden | 1952 |
| * | Joseph E Hart | 1953 |
| * | Jack C Pate | 1954 |
| * | Harry R Stevens | 1955 |
| * | John S Taylor | 1956 |
| * | Robert W Coleman | 1957 |
| Past Priors of Palmetto No. 54 KYCH | ||
| * | Henry F Collins | 1957-1958 |
| * | Dr William E Simpson | 1959 |
| * | Dr E I Johnson | 1960 |
| * | J Anderson Bass | 1961 |
| * | R Lewis Smith | 1962 |
| * | Marion A Park | 1963 |
| * | William M White | 1964 |
| * | George H Rodgers | 1965 |
| * | Joseph Miller Black Sr | 1966 |
| * | V P Patterson | 1967 |
| * | Thomas B Clark Sr | 1968 |
| * | Samuel A Bannister | 1969 |
| * | Claude D Robertson | 1970 |
| * | Marion L Watson | 1971 |
| * | W C Sheely Jr | 1972 |
| * | Hugh N Layne | 1973 |
| * | J C “Mike” Hubbard Jr | 1974 |
| * | Andrew C Grambling | 1975 |
| * | Robert C Thomas | 1976 |
| * | J B McGuirt | 1977 |
| * | T Scott Godfrey | 1978 |
| * | John V Walters | 1979 |
| * | Thomas B Clark Jr | 1980 |
| * | J D Penley Jr | 1981 |
| * | Willard F Bond | 1982 |
| * | Robert F Secrest | 1982 |
| * | W Jay Horne | 1983 |
| * | John A Dixon | 1984 |
| * | Lowell M Reed | 1985 |
| * | T Harry White | 1986 |
| * | Wallace J Knopp | 1986 |
| * | George W Romanstine | 1987 |
| * | G Ray Marsh | 1988 |
| Dr Norman E Wood Sr | 1989 | |
| * | Sam L Grant Jr | 1989 |
| * | Vernon A Amick | 1991 |
| * | Charles C Adams | 1992 |
| * | Ford M Thornton | 1993 |
| * | Richard L Harding | 1994 |
| * | Thomas A Bolt | 1995 |
| * | R Henry Brown | 1996 |
| * | Alfred Allsbrook | 1997 |
| * | Charles E Jernigan | 1998 |
| * | Everette T Deitz | 1999 |
| J Gordon Cartrette | 2000 | |
| ^ | Jesse C Branham | 2001 |
| C E “Bud” Turner | 2002 | |
| Johnnie T Morris | 2003 | |
| * | Carl R Truesdale | 2004 |
| D Samuel Tennyson Sr | 2005 | |
| * | Robert D Yonce | 2006 |
| # | J Allen Prescott | 2007 |
| * | J Frank Gilliland | 2008 |
| * | H Gregory Hiers | 2009 |
| H | E J “Smokey” Ferguson | 2010 |
| Robert J ‘Bob’ Bean Sr | 2010 | |
| Doug G Lee | 2011 | |
| * | William R Logan | 2012 |
| S Hal Gregory | 2013 | |
| * | G Kent Elkins | 2014 |
| Phillip G Russell | 2015 | |
| Robert J ‘Robby’ Bean Jr | 2016 | |
| Bobby J Sprouse | 2017 | |
| Michael E Copeland | 2018 | |
| C Roy Alsbrooks Jr | 2019-2020 | |
| Dana P Rickards | 2021 | |
| Rev Haywood Fowler | 2022 | |
| Richard W Sealy | 2023 | |
| * | Deceased | |
| # | Withdrew | |
| H | Honorary | |