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 look under Forms & Documents on this web site.
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. (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 | |
| Thrice Illustrious Master | Douglas Knauer {4} |
| Thrice Illustrious Senior Warden | Gerald Burton {3} |
| Thrice Illustrious Junior Warden | Floyd W. Goff {5} |
| Thrice Illustrious Treasurer | Dana P Rickards PTIM |
| Thrice Illustrious Recorder | Robert J. “Bob” Bean, Sr., PTIM |
| Thrice Illustrious Steward | Robert M Saverance {6} |
| Thrice Illustrious Sentinel | Ricky Chubb {1} |
Degree Team(s)
| Primary | Alternate | |
| Thrice Illustrious Master | Edward E Smith Jr | |
| Thrice Illustrious Senior Warden | Douglas Knauer | |
| Thrice Illustrious Junior Warden | Dana Rickards | Charles Varn |
| Thrice Illustrious Steward | John R Bowker | |
| Sentinel | Ian 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 |
| * DECEASED |
