Palmetto Court No. 18
About the
Palmetto Court No. 18
The Palmetto Court No. 18 is the Charter Court in South Carolina.
It was Consecrated on September 7th, 2024 as Palmetto Court No. 184.
With the recognition of the Grand Court of the United States on February 6, 2025, it was redesignated as Palmetto Court No. 18.
Under the jurisdiction of the
The Grand Court of the United States of America
Meeting Time & Location
Meeting Location, Dates, & Times
1518 Hampton St
Columbia, SC 29201
3rd Saturday of February - Stated Meeting & Election of Officers
Luncheon - TBD
Meeting Time - TBD
2nd Saturday of May - Stated Meeting & Installation of Officers
Luncheon - TBD
Meeting Time - TBD
4th Satuday of September - Stated Meeting
Luncheon - TBD
Meeting Time - TBD
Dress Code
Officers and Degree Teams - Black Suit w/Athelstan Tie
Morning Suit with Striped Pants if avaialble
Members - Coat and Tie, Dark Suit preferred
Contact info
Secretary:
John R. Bowker
109 Bally Bunion Lane
Columbia, SC 29229
Phone: (803) 767-0932
Email: [email protected]
Officers
2026-27
| Worshipful Master | George Peters |
| Eminent Prior | Rawl Scheibler |
| Senior Warden | Bob Bean |
| Junior Warden | Mike Kirk |
| Treasurer | Robert Saverance |
| Secretary | John Bowker |
| Asst. Secretary | Keith Stika |
| Marshal | Phil Reichner |
| Almoner | Edward Smith Jr. |
| Deputy Marshal | Jay Wallace III |
| Senior Deacon | Ian Strickland |
| Junior Deacon | Dean Tollison |
| Captain of the Guards | K. Joe Hill |
| Guard | Andrew Hermann |
| IPM | Richard Valentine |
| Burgh 1 | Julian Bevel |
| Burgh 2 | Michael Peeler |
| Burgh 3 | Blake Duke |
| Burgh 4 | William Summerville |
Members
| Able, Daniel Albert | Lemons, Stephen Allen |
| Albert, Bobby Joe | Majerus, Jon Steven |
| Anthony III, Jacob Albert | Mann, Travis O’Dair |
| Aultman, Vernon Lee | Marcucci, John Ralph |
| Barr, James Whitney | Marraffa Jr., Thomas Attillio |
| Baynes, Curtis Michael | Martin, John Andrew |
| Bean, Robert James | Martin Jr, Thomas Henry |
| Belcher, Harvey Lee | Martin Sr., Thomas Henry |
| Bevel, Julian McKinley | Meetze, Michael Allen |
| Blanton, David Allen | Miles, Kenneth |
| Bowker, John Robert | Miller, Thomas Ryan |
| Broom, Michael James | Moore, David Gene |
| Burdette, Marcus Leroy | Nicodin, Larry Jay |
| Burton, James Samuel | Orrilion, Ronald Edward |
| Burton, Gerald David | Papenfuss, Richard Eric |
| Campbell, Billie Hugh | Peeler, Michael David |
| Christopher, Lloyd Francis | Peters, George Richard |
| Coker, Donald Davis | Phillips, Victor Dewey |
| Corley, Joe Kenneth | Quattlebaum, Ronald Wayne |
| Culbertson, Terry Shane | Reichner III, Phillip Stephen |
| Diamond, Martin Henry | Reid, Richard George |
| Dopson, Craig Bernard | Rhinehart, Barnette Lawrence |
| Duke, William Blake | Rice, James Benjamin |
| Edwards, Robert Paul | Rickman, Barry Albert |
| Field, Charles Marshal | Riddle, Jonathen Michael |
| Fisher, Bobby Joe | Royal, Marvin G |
| Flora IV, Abram Cline | Santos, Louis William |
| Ghent, William Spencer | Saverance, Robert Myrl |
| Hall, Jeffrey Lee | Scheibler, Rawl John |
| Harman, Garland Ray | Schofield, Charles Todd |
| Hermann, Andrew Thomas | Seay III, Judson N |
| Hill, Verlon Joe | Sherfield, William Hayden |
| Hill, Kermitt Joseph | Smith, Donald Christopher |
| Hinson, Gary Brent | Smith, Jr, Edward Eugene |
| Honbarger, Byron Emery | Stika, Keith Andrew |
| Jackson, Larry Robert | Strickland, Ian Paul |
| James, Richard Dustin | Summerville, William Lee |
| Kaske, Otto | Taylor, Martin Karl |
| Keen, Michael Dee | Thomas, Ted Cox |
| Kersey, Jim | Thompson, Chad Duane |
| Kilby, Jesse Clay | Tollison, Francis Dean |
| King Jr., Craig Phillip | Tompkins, Jeffrey Charles |
| Kinsey, Allen Dewain | Trosper Sr., Harold Edward |
| Kirk, Michael Wallace | Valentine, Richard Thomas Stuart |
| Kirkland, Timothy Keith | Vasquez, Joseph Alfred |
| Knauer, Douglas Roy | Wallace III, Joseph Edward |
| Lancaster, Grayson Walker | Welch, Charles Daniel |
| Lancaster, Michael Todd | Willard Jr, Jerry Arnold |
| Lee, David Matthew | Wilson, David Paul |
Past Officers
| Rawl Scheibler, PM | Primus Master 2024 |
| Llyod Christopher, PM | 2024 |
| Jeff Hall, PM | 2024 |
| Robert Saverance, PM | 2024 |
| John Bowker, PM | 2024 |
| Richard Valentine | 2025 |
