Lawrence County TN Archives History .....Masonic Degrees Of George William Payne March 24, 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Randall B. Hughes rnrh@bellsouth.net January 18, 2006, 8:44 pm Book Title: A search has been carried out for G. W. Payne in the record of Loretto Lodge No. 655, Loretto, Lawrence County, Tennessee with success. He was the first man initiated into that Lodge when it was organized in January 1909. He received his degrees as follows: Entered Apprentice March 27, Fellow Craft April 24, and Master Mason on May 22 all in the year 1909. In 1913 he served as Lodge Chaplain and then from 1914 until his death he was the Tyler. Died in 1943. This is all the information on this gentleman in the Grand Lodge file. Walter Seifert Volunteer Researcher - Tennessee Grand Lodge, Nashville, Tennessee Additional Comments: George William Payne - b.Dec 15, 1855 - d.Mar 09, 1943 Loretto Cemetery, Loretto, Lawrence Co., TN. He is the Great Grandfather of submitter - Randall B. Hughes File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/lawrence/history/other/masonicd34gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb