STANLY COUNTY, NC - HOFFMAN - Albemarle Masonic Lodge
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From the Notebook of Lilly Carter Hoffman:
(1968-1969) 

My oldest sister, Florence Carter Anderson (b.13 April 1874), told me that 
when Dr. Bickett, father of Walter Bickett, then a boy but later Governor of 
North Carolina during WWl died in Monroe, NC, she was a child. She remembered 
quite clearly of seeing the funeral procession pass the Carter Home. The 
Masons were marching slowly and father, Robert A. Carter, was reverently 
carrying a large Bible. I've been told by a Mason that it is an honor to be 
chosen as the tiler. Florence considered it of historical value that Bob 
Carter carried the Bible in Dr. Bickett's funeral.
Bob always kept himself in good standing and when he died in 1892, the same 
Albemarle Masonic Lodge marched in procession. He had joined the lodge in 
Albemarle at the age of 21 years. I'm not sure who was tiler at that time but 
it was probably his brother in law, Franklin Rummage.
I can remember Uncle Frank, husband of my father's twin sisiter, Elizabeth 
Carter. As I grew up, he looked so old to me as he marched slowly carrying the 
large heavy Bible.
Will Kimmer, Bob's foster son, and his oldest son, Ephraim Carter were Masons. 
Will was a 32 degree Mason. Ephraim died 9 September, 1943 and the Albemarle 
Masonic Lodge held services at the cemetery. John M. Boyette was the tiler.