Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite

There are four coordinate bodies within the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction.  The Lodge of Perfection, 4°-14°; The Chapter of Rose Croix, 15°-18°; The Council of Kadosh, 19°- 30°; and the Consistory, 31°- 32°.  
Their purpose is to examine different philosophies, ancient religions, and systems of ethics. Through all of these, people have tried to answer certain universal questions. The Degrees of the Rite do not tell a person what he should think about these questions. Instead, they tell him about what great thinkers and civilizations of the past have thought, and they try to create a situation in which the candidate or Brother can gain insight. Agreeing with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living, the Rite helps with this self-examination by providing reference points.

2024 VALLEY OF NEWPORT NEWS OFFICERS

PAST VENERABLE MASTERS

PAST WISE MASTERS

pAST COMMANDERS

PAST MASTERS OF KADOSH

NOTE:  The Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Virginia, Ill. Alan Wayne Adkins, 33º appoints the following officers, to serve in all four (4) Bodies, until he should make other appointments:

past MASTERS OF ALL FOUR BODIES

WILLIAM ROBERT ROGERS, 33°, IGH *

WILLIS JOLIFF CROSS, 33°, IGH *

THEODORE JOHN HELMER, KCCH *

FORRESTER FRANKLIN FEISTER, KCCH *

EMERSON JAMES BAKER, 33°, IGH *

MARK JORDAN STOCKTON, 33°, IGH *

ANDREW JACKSON PONTON, JR., 33°, IGH *

ROY FRANK JENKINS, 33°, IGH *

GEORGE ALLEN WATTS, 33°, IGH *

WALTHALL RIVERS IVEY, KCCH *

OLIVER JAMES HORTON, 33°, IGH *

EDGAR CREDIUS LETT, 33°, IGH *

MILLARD CALVIN WHITE, KCCH *

HERMAN WINFIELD MEREDITH, 33°, IGH *

WILLIAM REGINALD WILKINS, KCCH *

JOHN SAMUEL LUDLUM, 33°, IGH *

JAMES PILSON WILLIAMS, JR., 33°, IGH *

ADRIAN LEE “PETE” EURE, 33°, IGH

EDWARD JONES LOWERY, SR., 33°, IGH *

ARTHUR FRANKLIN PACKARD, JR., 33°, IGH *

JOHN ELBERT BLAIR, 33°, IGH *

JAMES WILLIAM WOOD, 32° *

MELVIN J. COLSON, JR., 33°, IGH *

JAMES HERBERT AUSTIN, KCCH *

JACK LEE SMITH, 33°, IGH

MALVIN MARTELL OVERMAN, KCCH *

EDWARD A. LUCKENBACH, KCCH *

CLARENCE WARD BRASWELL, 33°, IGH *

CARL WILLIAM GABORIK, 33°, IGH *

BILLY MAURICE BRADY, 33°, IGH *

NORRIS KETCHUM ROBERTS, KCCH *

JAME EUGENE LASSITER, 33°, IGH

DAVID ALEX BURKUS, 33°, IGH

RANDOLPH LOCKNANE ROGERS, KCCH *

JOHN EDWARD MATTISON, JR., KCCH

GEORGE ALLEN HOLLINGSWORTH, III, 33°, IGH *

JIMMY CAROL WILLIS, 33°, IGH *

DANNY OLEAVY BELOTT, 33°, IGH

PATRICK CRAIG MURPHREY, KCCH

PAGE SIMPSON NEALE, JR., 33°, IGH

WILLIAM EARLE RORER, JR., 33°, IGH

* = DECEASED