Thrice Illustrious Master
Chair Degree for past Illustrious Masters
South Carolina
About the
Thrice Illustrious Master
Any Companion who is now presiding or has presided over a Council of Royal & Select Masters in South Carolina is invited to have the Order conferred. Please contact the Recorder of your Constituent Council for a petition or download a copy from this site. All petitions must be submitted with fees to the Grand Recorder at least three weeks prior to the meeting date.
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Meeting Time & Location
The Thrice Illustrious Master’s Council of South Carolina will convene on the third Saturday of April at the Masonic Temple in Columbia.
Note: Next meeting is 2027. Times will be posted on the SCGYR Home Page Calendar.
Dress Code
Officers and Degree Team - Dark Suit
Contact info
John Robert Bowker
109 Bally Bunion Lane
Columbia, SC 29229-8126
[email protected]
Officers
2026-2027
| Thrice Illustrious Master | Robert M Saverance {6} |
| Thrice Illustrious Senior Warden | Ricky Chubb {1} |
| Thrice Illustrious Junior Warden | Jeffrey Hall (2) |
| Thrice Illustrious Treasurer | C Mark McDonald |
| Thrice Illustrious Recorder | John R Bowker |
| Thrice Illustrious Steward | Thomas H Martin Jr (4) |
| Thrice Illustrious Sentinel | William S Ghent {5} |
Degree Team(s)
| Primary | Alternate | |
| Thrice Illustrious Master | Edward E Smith Jr | |
| Thrice Illustrious Senior Warden | Douglas Knauer | |
| Thrice Illustrious Junior Warden | Charles Varn | Dana Rickards |
| Thrice Illustrious Steward | Julian Bevel | John R Bowker |
| Sentinel | Ian P Strickland | |
| King David | Edward E Smith Jr | |
| Degree Master | Edward E Smith Jr |
Past Officers
| NAME | Year PTIM |
| L C Ripley * | 1962-1963 |
| S A Bannister * | 1964 |
| George H Rodgers * | 1965 |
| Thomas A Bolt * | 1966 |
| John H Wynn * | 1967 |
| Robert C Thomas * | 1968 |
| J L Kemp * | 1969 |
| George W Romanstine * | 1970 |
| W Jay Horne * | 1971 |
| Hugh N Layne * | 1972 |
| William S Tyler * | 1973 |
| Vernon A Amick * | 1974 |
| Claude D Robinson * | 1975 |
| W N Bradford * | 1976 |
| Robert F Secrest * | 1977 |
| John B Maxey * | 1978 |
| Willard F Bond * | 1979 |
| J B McGuirt * | 1980 |
| T Scott Godfrey * | 1981 |
| Richard C Curry * | 1982 |
| Andrew C Grambling * | 1983 |
| Carlen Hardy * | 1984 |
| J D Penley Jr * | 1985 |
| Sam L Grant Jr * | 1986 |
| Mendel C Jeanes * | 1987 |
| R Henry Brown * | 1988 |
| Marvin N DeYoung * | 1989 |
| William E Fuller Jr * | 1990 |
| Alfred Allsbrook * | 1991 |
| J C “Mike” Hubbard Jr * | 1992 |
| Joseph L McGee | 1993 |
| Thomas F Watkins * | 1994 |
| Robert C Hopple * | 1995 |
| J Gordon Cartrette | 1996 |
| Lloyd F Christopher | 1997 |
| T Henry Waldrep * | 1998 |
| Richard L Harding * | 1999 |
| Everette T Deitz * | 2000 |
| Johnnie T Morris | 2001 |
| Ford M Thornton * | 2002 |
| Phillip G Russell | 2003 |
| William R Logan * | 2004 |
| J Frank Gilliland * | 2005 |
| Eric A Meace * | 2006 |
| J Jack Holmes * | 2007 |
| Doug G Lee | 2008 |
| S Hal Gregory | 2009 |
| Robert V Pinkston * | 2009 HON |
| Lawrence E Schoff * | 2010 |
| Jerry O Glenn * | 2011 |
| Robert J ‘Bob’ Bean Sr | 2012 |
| Dana P Rickards | 2013 |
| F Dean Tollison | 2014 |
| Lee Roy Bruce Sr | 2015 |
| Michael E Copeland | 2016 |
| Rev Haywood Fowler | 2017 |
| Gary C Sowell | 2018 |
| Harvie B “Pete” Bailey | 2019-2020 |
| Robert J ‘Robby’ Bean Jr | 2022 |
| H Ted Burgess | 2023 |
| Doug Knauer | 2024 |
| Gerald Burton | 2025 |
| * DECEASED |
