History

Most Eminent Past Grand Masters

Charles R. Wilson, NY – Unknown
William T. Brister, PA – Unknown
Sparksman Dorsey, PA – 1956-58
Luther Wazner, NJ – 1962-68
William L. Alston, D.C. – 1968-74
Rev. Sir John Cade (AL) Most Eminent Past Grand Master 1974-1976
Prilly Z. Wright, OH – 1976-78
Raymond G. Cheek, MA – 1978-80
Edward T. Diamond, Jr., MO – 1980-82
A. Anthony White, MA – 1982-84
Jerome M. Huffman, MI – 1984-86
Leonard R. Robertson, Sr., OH – 1986-88
Joseph “Ben” Jackson, Jr. Most Eminent Past Grand Master 1988 – 1990
Virgil H. Means, MI – 1990-92
David V. Moore, OH – 1992-94
Lawrence Wilkes, TN – 1994-96
Henry Choya Smalls, Jr. Most Eminent Past Grand Master 1996 – 1998
Robert Phillips, Jr. Most Eminent Past Grand Master 1998 – 2000
John C. Everett Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2000 – 2002
Elma L. Kibler Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2002-2004
Braxton W. Mitchell, Jr. Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2004 – 2006
Jefferson A. Lofton, Jr. Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2006 – 2008
Russell A. Earl, Sr. Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2008 – 2010
Homer L. Buchanan Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2010-2012
Rev. Dr. Arthur Parrott Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2012 – 2014
Benjamin F. May Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2014 – 2016
James W. Ellerbee Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2016 – 2017
Samuel Davis (SC) Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2017 – 2019
Melvin Callahan Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2019 – 2021
Russell Duckett, KCT, KYGCH, Most Eminent Past Grand Master 2021 – 2023
Most Eminent Honorary Past Grand Masters
Alabama John A. Cade Deceased
William H. Mack Deceased
MWGM William O Jones Deceased
Donald R. Park
MWGM Corey D. Hawkins, Sr., Esq., KCT
L. Ken Collins, II, KCT
Arkansas Rev. Howard Woods Deceased
Bahamas Leslie Dean
California Matthew E. Crawford, Jr. Deceased
Dr. Donald R. Ware
Rollie J. Paul, Jr.
Howard C. Perkins
Carl Parker
Colorado David L. Holliman
Connecticut Floyd L. Bass, Sr.
Barry Wms. Mitchell Deceased
Florida Samuel A. Bolden
Augustus Cox
Rev. Dr. Michael R. Moore
Georgia Willie L. Williams
John A. Robinson, Sr.
James Weldon Johnson
Louisiana MWGM Dr. Ralph Slaughter
Oliver Washington, Jr.
James W. Hall
Maryland Richard V. Johnson
Donald R. Thompson, Sr. Deceased
Perry W. Stewart, Sr. Deceased
Massachusetts David Atkins
Hilton E. Jordan
Benjamin Monterio Deceased
Michigan William Chapman, Jr. Deceased
Edward B. Darnell
Ralph Bloodworth Deceased
Arthur L. Turner Deceased
Missouri Joe B. Lewis
New Jersey William A. Neblett, Jr. Deceased
Arthur T. Shack Deceased
Dr. Ivory M. Buck, Jr.
New York William B. Simmons Deceased
Rev. Dr. Levi Young
Rev. Richard Hannah, Sr.
Solomon Wallace
Jimmy Chaple
North Carolina William Pratt Deceased
Nathaniel Johnson Deceased
MWGM Daniel “DT” Thompson, KYGCH
Ohio Rev. Carl L. Wilson Deceased
Oklahoma MWPGM Dr. Deary Vaughn Deceased
Dr. Shawn G. Willis
PREGC Anthony E. Bowens Deceased
Amondus  Brown
Pennsylvania Alexander Murphy Deceased
James M. Thornton Deceased
Joseph Purdie, III
MWGM Malcolm E. Harris
James Sheppard, Jr. Deceased
John R. Gilmore Deceased
John Chapman
John White
South Carolina Silas J. Williams
James A.L. Myers
PGM Lewis Nelson
PGM Nathaniel Durant
Dr. James V. Blake
Tennessee Dr. Chauncey O’Hara Daugherty Deceased
James E. Poe Deceased
Kenneth E. Brown
Gregory Bernard
Ron Pillow
PGM Arvin W Glass
Texas PGM Wilbert M. Curtis, KYGCH
Hubert L. Reece Deceased
Roosevelt Huggins, KYCH
Willie J. Tate, KYCH
Virginia Rev. Henry Whittle Deceased
Ralph W. Christian
Willie Lee Williams
Robert R. Ambrose. KYGCH
Russell Martin
Tony Ward
Tommy Campbell
Washington James W. Dallas Deceased
District of Columbia Aaron R. Jordan
Anthony K. Wells Deceased
MacKinnon W. Myras