Past Grand High Priests
Year | Name | Chapter | Born | Died |
2016 | William F. Shepard | Brunswick No. 66 | ||
2015 | James T. Farmer | Pythagoras No. 10 | Deceased | |
2014 | Michael H. Wilson | Covington No. 71 | ||
2013 | Clyde E. Griffin | Georgia No. 3 | ||
2012 | Jimmy T. Porter | Alapaha No. 79 | Deceased | |
2012 | J. Edward Jennings, Jr.(HON) | Western No. 80 | 2/1/1939 | |
2011 | William L. Montgomery | Ft. Benning No. 73 | 2/4/1937 | |
2010 | James Timothy Ingram | Pickens No. 28 | 5/5/1955 | |
2009 | Wade C. Smith, Sr. | Enotah No. 24 | 11/5/1933 | |
2009 | C. Danny Wofford | Winder No. 84 | 11/7/1946 | |
2008 | D.W. (Bill) Hendry, Sr. | Mt. Moriah No. 63 | 10/19/1943 | |
2007 | Charles L. Taylor, Jr. | Toccoa No. 21 | 9/26/1947 | 9/5/2010 |
2006 | Robert L. Gill | Waycross No. 9 | 3/22/1937 | |
2005 | Hugh F. Watson | Cherokee No. 13 | 7/16/1949 | |
2004 | Emmett R. Johns | Constantine No. 4 | 11/20/1938 | |
2003 | Eli A. Stafford | Georgia No. 3 | 5/19/1934 | 12/22/2007 |
2002 | A. Joseph Clark | Keystone No. 1 | 4/20/1931 | |
2002 | Earl D. Harris(HON) | Covington No. 71 | 4/9/1947 | 7/23/2002 |
2001 | William D. Miles | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 8/26/1939 | |
2000 | Wayne H. Garrett | Alleghaney No. 64 | 6/8/1934 | |
2000 | Ted H. Hendon(HON) | Douglasville No. 50 | 2/21/1928 | 4/27/2007 |
1999 | Wilford H. Hall | Western No. 80 | 2/28/1927 | |
1999 | Joseph P. Suttles | Ben Hill No. 38 | 1/19/1926 | |
1998 | Leon. S. (Sam) Lee, III | William J. Penn, Jr. No. 15 | 4/27/1960 | |
1997 | William Henry Lewis | Valdosta No. 107 | 4/1/1941 | 6/7/1998 |
1996 | William J. Bird | Jesup No. 70 | 12/20/1928 | |
1995 | Joe E. Turner | Pythagoras No. 10 | 3/24/1948 | |
1994 | Ruben Martinez | Forest Park No. 75 | 11/12/1939 | |
1993 | Ernest J. Gaines | Sweetwater No. 49 | 5/14/1935 | 11/23/1995 |
1992 | John S. Perry | Forest Park No. 75 | 6/12/1926 | 9/4/1995 |
1991 | James E. Miller | Ft. Benning No. 73 | 1/26/1932 | |
1990 | George E. Jones | Austin No. 18 | 6/11/1921 | 8/27/1993 |
1989 | P. Woodrow Houston | Blakely No. 44 | 12/2/1917 | 6/30/1994 |
1988 | William E. Cantrell | Cartersville No. 144 | 12/13/1938 | |
1987 | J. Walter Cowart | Georgia No. 3 | 8/29/1918 | 9/11/2001 |
1986 | Stephen V. Carter | Tri-City No. 90 | 5/2/1929 | |
1985 | Grady T. Bozeman | Pickens No. 28 | 4/24/1941 | 5/10/2007 |
1984 | Bobby Joe Townsend | Leland No. 83 | 6/5/1928 | |
1984 | C. Downing Pate (HON) | Valdosta No. 107 | 11/3/1915 | 10/25/1997 |
1983 | William M. Hutcheson | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 11/30/1920 | 3/25/2010 |
1982 | James T. Stanley | Panthersville No. 98 | 5/23/1932 | 5/2/1991 |
1981 | Rufus C. Johnson, Jr. | Douglas No. 52 | 10/15/1923 | 4/7/2000 |
1980 | Felix Gersten | Darley No. 7 | 2/5/1918 | 6/10/1993 |
1979 | John Benny Allen | Alleghaney No. 64 | 1/29/1941 | |
1978 | H. Grady Keith | Lakewood No. 27 | 3/5/1934 | |
1977 | Marvin E. Oldham | Keystone No. 1 | 6/13/1907 | 8/13/2000 |
1976 | Charlie O. Murphy | Mt. Horeb No. 155 | 10/14/1909 | 11/21/1992 |
1975 | J. Lewis Lester | Austell No. 87 | 10/8/1916 | 5/26/2009 |
1974 | Richard S. Sagar | Mt. Carmel No. 98 | 6/16/1916 | |
1973 | William M. Drinnon | Constantine No. 4 | 7/30/1910 | 2/3/1987 |
1972 | John M. McClurd, Sr. | Brunswick No. 66 | 11/22/1916 | 4/17/2001 |
1971 | Graydon W. Kitchens | Y.A. Wright No. 122 | 10/30/1901 | 8/12/1987 |
1970 | Herman E. Freeman | Georgia No. 3 | 3/15/1905 | 8/1/1984 |
1969 | Thomas J. Brake, Jr. | Pythagoras No. 10 | 8/5/1923 | 9/24/1971 |
1968 | Ira R. Huffaker | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 5/29/1895 | 5/21/1973 |
1967 | Merrill D. Payton(SUS) | W.J. Penn, Jr. No.15 | 12/20/1922 | 12/1/1997 |
1967 | James E. Moseley | Pythagoras No. 10 | 10/10/1925 | |
1966 | Joseph R. Richardson | Rome No. 26 | 1/8/1922 | 1/27/1990 |
1965 | James M. Head | Mt. Moriah No. 63 | 11/23/1921 | 3/11/1999 |
1964 | Charles H. Bush | Zerubbabel No. 131 | 3/25/1908 | 12/20/1969 |
1963 | Ralph C. James | Rutledge No. 158 | 12/3/1913 | 6/14/1989 |
1962 | E. Alton Rogers | Temple No. 6 | 6/28/1909 | 6/24/2001 |
1961 | G. Hice Gilbert | Rossville No. 149 | 10/2/1904 | 8/19/1985 |
1961 | James C. Newton | Jackson No. 54 | 12/9/1893 | 6/6/1970 |
1960 | Raymond E. Keen | Sinai No. 30 | 7/24/1918 | 8/6/1999 |
1959 | Harry M. Stanley, Jr. | Decatur No. 119 | 8/25/1897 | 7/24/1992 |
1958 | Jay D. Barton | Augusta No. 2 | 7/2/1917 | 3/9/1981 |
1958 | Lyndon S. Patterson | Pythagoras No. 10 | 7/30/1898 | 5/7/1958 |
1957 | Austin P. Phillips | Bainbridge No. 94 | 8/28/1905 | 3/18/1981 |
1956 | Cecil F. Hall | Haynes No. 33 | 10/4/1896 | 11/1/1979 |
1955 | J. Willard Register | Darley No. 7 | 2/9/1916 | 4/24/1999 |
1954 | John H. Haddock | Constantine No. 4 | 9/2/1905 | 3/3/1981 |
1953 | David L. Paulk | Fitzgerald No. 32 | 2/24/1892 | 4/23/1979 |
1952 | Thomas C. Sanders | Mt. Horeb No. 155 | 1/2/1902 | 11/27/1974 |
1951 | A. T. Harrison | Brunswick No. 66 | 11/30/1903 | 11/29/1954 |
1951 | William J. Penn, Jr. | Albany No. 15 | 12/11/1889 | 7/30/1959 |
1950 | John W. Ball, Jr. | Bolton No. 112 | 6/20/1899 | 3/9/1958 |
1949 | James R. Belflower | Tifton No. 47 | 10/28/1903 | 10/7/1981 |
1948 | Daniel W. Locklin | Keystone No. 1 | 10/13/1901 | 10/9/1988 |
1947 | W. Furman King | Georgia No. 3 | 7/1/1893 | 11/7/1950 |
1946 | Emanuel W. Rhoden | Moultrie No. 91 | 11/16/1885 | 10/20/1962 |
1945 | Bartis E. Goodman | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 4/14/1890 | 1/9/1959 |
1944 | J. Tillman Morgan | Roswell No. 74 | 10/3/1884 | 9/20/1969 |
1943 | E. Paul Newhard | Perry No. 62 | 2/10/1890 | 5/16/1963 |
1942 | John W. Riley | Temple No. 6 | 1/23/1900 | 1/6/1949 |
1941 | J. Warner Neal | Darley No. 7 | 7/15/1905 | 11/19/1960 |
1940 | Thomas W. Sewell | Newnan No. 34 | 7/17/1874 | 6/25/1966 |
1939 | Jack G. Standifer | Blakely No. 44 | 4/14/1888 | 11/20/1972 |
1938 | Paul H. Ponder | Rutledge No. 158 | 1/16/1897 | 11/23/1967 |
1938 | P. T. McCutcheson (HON) | Newnan No. 34 | 2/24/1866 | 3/27/1947 |
1937 | Newman N. Johnson | Carroll No. 22 | 10/16/1877 | 11/3/1972 |
1936 | B. Palmer Axson | Georgia No. 3 | 6/24/1871 | 5/23/1943 |
1935 | N.H. Ballard(HON) | Brunswick No. 66 | 12/22/1866 | 2/19/1936 |
1935 | Francis A. Johnson | East Point No. 97 | 9/9/1866 | 3/31/1940 |
1934 | John B. Russell | Fitzgerald No. 32 | 3/7/1883 | 1/20/1955 |
1933 | Charles R. McCord (SR) | Constantine No. 4 | 1/1/1874 | 3/22/1938 |
1932 | Joseph A. Moore | Temple No. 6 | 12/13/1888 | 9/4/1972 |
1931 | Charles Percival Taylor | Mt. Horeb No. 155 | 8/4/1866 | 1/14/1934 |
1930 | Charles L. Bass | Cornelia No. 93 | 4/30/1870 | 12/29/1937 |
1930 | Josiah T. Clarke(HON) | Augusta No. 2 | 3/9/1875 | 5/13/1950 |
1929 | William B. Graham | LaFayette No. 12 | 4/30/1866 | 7/2/1931 |
1928 | John Swain | Georgia No. 3 | 8/23/1872 | 1/2/1944 |
1927 | W. Frank Wells | East Point No. 97 | 3/14/1884 | 11/7/1947 |
1926 | Hugh W. Taylor | Cuthbert No. 31 | 7/20/1881 | 5/18/1966 |
1925 | William A. Sims | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 7/24/1873 | 11/24/1952 |
1924 | Early H. Johnson | Darley No. 7 | 4/12/1878 | 9/6/1947 |
1924 | Edgar A. McHan(HON) | Fairburn No. 24 | 3/11/1861 | 7/12/1928 |
1923 | Clarence H. Andrew | A.M. Wolihin No. 104 | 3/30/1868 | 8/20/1930 |
1922 | Augustus G. Miller | Waycross No. 9 | 6/11/1866 | 7/31/1931 |
1921 | Welby C. Jordan | Keystone No. 1 | 12/1/1872 | 1/16/1954 |
1920 | Joseph C. Greenfield | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 5/3/1863 | 12/20/1920 |
1919 | Andrew S. Harvey | Rome No. 26 | 3/9/1859 | 11/22/1946 |
1918 | Elliot W. Parish | Georgia No. 3 | 12/4/1877 | 10/13/1963 |
1917 | Thomas H. Jefferies | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 4/16/1854 | 11/6/1948 |
1916 | J. Furman Bell | Temple No. 6 | 7/20/1871 | 12/3/1940 |
1915 | Hiram Warner Hill | Greenville No. 52 | 7/18/1858 | 1/16/1934 |
1914 | Frank O. Miller | Austin No. 18 | 6/20/1862 | 3/17/1937 |
1913 | Joe P. Bowdoin | Adairsville No. 92 | 5/7/1866 | 8/7/1942 |
1912 | William G. England | Adoniram No. 41 | 7/24/1853 | 3/26/1931 |
1911 | John R. Wilkinson | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 6/20/1856 | 4/7/1915 |
1910 | William F. Bowe | Augusta No. 2 | 8/9/1855 | 8/25/1932 |
1909 | Jacob A. Walton | Darley No. 7 | 9/14/1847 | 6/1/1925 |
1908 | Luther M. Heard | Oliver No. 25 | 6/10/1869 | 1/20/1917 |
1907 | Thomas F. Moody | Cuthbert No. 31 | 7/22/1866 | 1/14/1927 |
1906 | J. Luther Gable | Brantley No. 40 | 8/1/1860 | 1/12/1929 |
1905 | John C. Joiner | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 3/16/1840 | 12/26/1927 |
1904 | Young A. Wright | Jackson No. 54 | 1/28/1855 | 5/12/1911 |
1903 | Alexandrian M. Lambdin | Mystic No. 51 | 8/29/1843 | 7/6/1909 |
1902 | Robert L. Colding | Georgia No. 3 | 9/2/1866 | 10/21/1927 |
1901 | Henry Banks | St. John's No. 11 | 7/31/1845 | 6/3/1920 |
1898-1900 | Henry C. Burr | Pythagoras No. 10 | 1/18/1842 | 3/15/1901 |
1895-1897 | Charles Wessolowsky | Albany No. 15 | 9/3/1838 | 7/8/1904 |
1886-1894 | James W. Taylor | Glenn No. 8 | 10/25/1833 | 12/15/1925 |
1885 | Andrew M. Wolihin | Albany No. 15 | 10/1/1831 | 2/22/1897 |
1884 | William A. Graham | LaFayette No. 12 | 12/8/1832 | 2/24/1904 |
1881-1883 | Charles E. Lambdin | Mystic No. 51 | 3/28/1839 | 3/3/1888 |
1879-1880 | James W. Oslin | West Point No. 55 | 5/5/1827 | 1/9/1906 |
1878 | William J. Johnson | LaFayette No. 12 | 1/25/1811 | 5/12/1886 |
1874-1877 | Luther J. Glenn | Mt. Zion No. 16 | 11/26/1818 | 6/9/1886 |
1872-1873 | George W. Adams | Georgia No. 3 | 4/29/1814 | 1/5/1893 |
1869-1871 | Moses P. Kellogg | Newnan No. 34 | 5/19/1823 | 11/25/1889 |
1862-1868 | Samuel S. Lawrence | Cherokee No. 13 | 12/24/1815 | 10/02/1890 |
1854-1861 | Philip T. Schley | Darley No. 7 | 8/24/1798 | 8/31/1862 |
1847-1853 | William T. Gould | Augusta No. 2 | 10/25/1799 | 7/18/1882 |
1822-1846 | William Schley | Union No. 1 | 12/10/1786 | 11/20/1858 |