Ill. Brother Ted Collins was named Deputy of the Supreme Council in Georgia January 1st, 2017 and named S.G.I.G. in August 2017 by Grand Commander Ronald A. Seale.
Ill. Brother Collins was born May 29th, 1950 in Unadilla, Georgia to Wendell and Christine Collins. He graduated from Unadilla High School in 1968 and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from Georgia Southwestern University in 1972.
Ill. Brother Collins is married to the former Charlene Greene of Oglethorpe, Georgia who is a retired Elementary School Teacher. Ill. Brother Collins retired from the Postal Service after 32 years of service in 2006. Ill. Brother Collins and Charlene are parents of one daughter Wendy Collins Chadwell and one granddaughter Weslynn Chadwell.
Ill. Brother Collins has served Masonry in many capacities including Worshipful Master of Millwood Lodge 198 in Pinehurst, Georgia (1998), Grand Master of Masons in Georgia (2008) and Personal Representative of SGIG in the Valley of Macon, Georgia (2010-2016).
Ill. Brother Collins has been a member of Unadilla Methodist Church for over 60 years and has held many leadership positions including service as Administrative Board Chairman. Ill. Brother Collins is also an active member of Al Sihah Shrine Center in Macon, Georgia.
Member of Richmond Lodge No. 412 In Hephzibah, Georgia
Dual Member of Martinez Lodge No. 710
Initiated: Jan. 24, 2005, Passed: May 02, 2005 - Raised: June 06, 2005
2009 – Became A Perpetual Member Of Richmond Lodge No. 412
Jan. 03, 2010 – Jan. 17, 2011 Served As Worshipful Master Of Richmond N0. 412
April 04, 2010 - Received Past Master’s Degree
Dec. 11, 2005 - Received Scottish Rite Degrees In Macon, Georgia
Feb. 01, 2007 - Elected Wise Master of Council of Rose Croix
2010 – Became A Perpetual Member Of Scottish Rite Valley Of Augusta
Feb. 01, 2010 Elected To Begin Chairs In The Lodge Of Perfection
Feb. 01, 2019 Served As Junior Warden Of LOP
Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2010 Member Of Scottish Rite Guard
July 01, 2012 – PRESENT Charter Member of The Knights of Saint Andrew.
Aug. 05, 2012 - Received First Double Eagle Award.
Oct. 2017 – Oct. 2018 Served As KSA Knight Commander.
2017- 2023 Degree Master For The 18th Degree.
2017 - 2021 Served As Degree Master For The 29th Degree.
April 22, 2010 - 2023 Order Of The Eastern Star (OES) Richmond
Chapter 463, Hephzibah, Georgia.
Served As Worthy Patron April 2013 – April 2014, April 2015 – April 2016, and
April 2019 - April 2020
Currently A Member of Frances Bell Chapter # 75, Harlem, Georgia
Nov. 09, 2011 – Feb. 2013: 10th District MELD Director:
June 2019 - June 2020 Served As Worshipful Master Of The 10th Masonic District Convention
Jan. 26, 2019 - Present Served As District Deputy To The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Georgia
Aug. 2019 - Invested With Knight Commander of the Court of Honour (KCCH)
Aug. 2019 - Present Appointed As General Secretary Of The Scottish Rite Valley Of Augusta
July 2020 - Elected As An Honorary Member Of Social Lodge No. 1
March 26, 2021 - Elected As A Member Of Clarence H. Cohen Chapter No. 173
National Sojourners.
March 2022 - Initiated As A Member Of The Heros Of '76.
Oct. 2022 - Elected As A Dual Member Of Martinez Lodge No. 710
Feb. 04, 2023 - Initiated Into The York Rite Bodies At Covington, Georgia
June 10, 2023 - Presented The E. Alton Rogers Distinguished Service Award As The Most Outstanding Mason In The 10th Masonic District By The Officers Of The 10th Masonic District Convention.
June 06, 2024 Installed As Personal Representative (PR) To The Sovereign Grand Inspector General (SGIG) By Ill. Brother Ted Collins, 33° For The Scottish Rite Valley of Augusta.
Received 32°, 1972
Venerable Master of Lodge of Perfection 3 years Active in degree work as Ritual Master 32° Charter Grand Knight (Knights of Saint Andrew of Augusta)
Chairman – Executive committee for over 30 years
Invested with Rank and Decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour 1977 Coroneted 33°, 1983.
Serves as Grand Chamberlain on the Orient of Georgia KCCH and 33° conferral teams Charter Member of Scottish Rite Foundation of GA., Inc.
Order of Eastern Star: Frances Bell Chapter #75
Served as Worthy Patron for 3 consecutive years District Grand Deputy 3 years
Rainbow for Girls Grand Cross of Honor.
- Dec. 1972 - Raised To Master Mason At Social Lodge No, 1
- Past Master of Social Lodge No. 1
(1986 and 2019)
- 2020 Made Emeritus Member of Social Lodge No. 1
- Life Member of Webb Lodge No. 166
- 1984 Member of Scottish Rite of Augusta
- Double Eagle Award Winner
- 2023 Awarded Decoration and Title of KCCH
(Knight Commander of the Court of Honour)
- Current Offices:
- Venerable Master of The Valley of Augusta Lodge of Perfection (2024)
- Executive Committee Member
- SR Valley of Augusta Golf Tournament Co-Chair
- Scottish Rite Foundation Trustee
- Treasurer of The Trustees For The Masonic Temple of Augusta
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2022-2023
Ronny Lanham, 33°, Exec Committee Chairman & PR Emeritus
G. Lloyd McCoy, 32° KCCH, Personal Rep. and General Secretary
John P. Knox, Jr, 32°, KCCH, Treasurer
Walter H. "Butch" Lord, 32° KCCH, Venerable Master - Augusta Lodge of Perfection
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Larry E. Davis, 33°, Almoner
Kennedy L. May, 33°
Roy Stampley, 33°
Pete Coffield, 32° KCCH
Gerald Wuchte, 32° KCCH
Will Dozier, 32° KCCH
Billy G. Childress, 32° KCCH
John Smith, 32°, KCCH
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(Non-Voting Members)
Lloyd McCoy. 32° KCCH, Web Master and General Secretary
Bob McDowell, 32°, Senior Newsletter Editor
Rickey Bouchard, 32° KCCH, Valley VMAP Coordinator
Giles Thomas Harrell, 32°, KSA Knight Commander
AT LARGE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jack P. Goldenberg, 33° (Term Expires 2024)
Christopher "A.C." Wiley, 32° (Terms Expires 2025)
Kennedy L. May 33° (Term Expires 2026)
Gerald Wuchte, 32° KCCH (Terms Expires 2027)
M. Steven Fishman, 33° (Terms Expires 2028)
COMPLETE LIST OF OFFICERS
SCOTTISH RITE BODIES OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 2023-2024
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTOR GENERAL IN GEORGIA:
Ronny Dale Lanham, 33º
Personal Rep. Emeritus
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G. Lloyd McCoy, 32º KCCH
Personal Rep. To The SGIG
GENERAL SECRETARY:
Walter H. "Butch" Lord, 32º KCCH
TRUSTEES, SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA, INC:
Marc Steven Fishman, 33º
Ronny D. Lanham, 33°
Kennedy L. May, 33°
Walter H. "Butch" Lord, 32º KCCH
G. Lloyd McCoy, 32º KCCH
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Director of Work - Jerry W. Wood, II, 32° KCCH
Class Director - Brian C. Coffey, 33°
Statewide Membership Chairman - Jack P. Goldenberg, 33°
Assistant Membership Chairman - William A. Dozier, 32° KCCH
VMAP Chairman - Ricky Allen Bouchard, 32° KCCH
KSA Knight Commander - Giles Thomas Harrell, 32°
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AUGUSTA LODGE OF PERFECTION
4° - 14°
These degrees, the 4th through 14th, are called Ineffable Degrees because their principal purpose is the investigation and contemplation of the ineffable name of Deity.
Venerable Master - Walter H. "Butch" Lord, Jr., 32° KCCH
Senior Warden - Jarrod K. Coffey, 32° KCCH
Junior Warden - David M. Leonard, 32° KCCH
Expert - Rickey Bouchard, 32° KCCH
Assistant Expert - Bob McDowell, 32°
Master of Ceremonies - Christoher "A.C." Wiley, 32°
Captain of the Host - Andrew Martin, 32°
Tyler - Priest Perry, 32°
Prelate - Prentiss "Pete" Coffield, III, 32° KCCH
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AUGUSTA CHAPTER ROSE CROIX
15° - 18°
The degrees of the Chapter of Rose Croix are very complex. They attempt to invest the candidate with a deeper understanding of Religion, Philosophy, Ethics, and History. The intellectual challenges presented in these degrees, is at times overwhelming, and can take years to master. A thorough reading of the chapters related to them in Morals and Dogma and in the Legenda and Readings is essential to achieve even a basic comprehension of their true meaning.
Wise Master - William A. "Will" Dozier, 32° KCCH
Senior Warden - Dave Pierson, 32° KCCH
Junior Warden - Michael Howard, 32° KCCH
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AUGUSTA COUNCIL OF KADOSH
19° - 30°
The degrees of the Council of Kadosh are chivalric and philosophical, but also contain mystical material. The word "Kadosh" is a Hebrew word meaning "Holy". The complexity of these degrees cannot be overstated and is exemplified by the number of pages attributed to them in Morals and Dogma. The twenty-eighth degree alone is over a quarter of the 1000+ page tome.
Commander - Billy G. Childress, 32° KCCH
1st Lt. Commander - Gerald J. Wuchte, Sr., 32° KCCH
2nd Lt. Commander - Jerry W. Wood, II, 32° KCCH
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AUGUSTA CONSISTORY
31° - 32°
The Consistory Degrees are very different from all the preceding degrees. They attempt to
illustrate the creation of the ideal balance between the spiritual and the temporal.
Master of Kadosh - Larry E. Davis, 33°
Prior - John G. Eckenroth,, 33°
Preceptor - Roy H. Stampley, 33°
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ALMONER: Larry E. Davis, 33°
TREASURER: John P. Knox Jr., 32° KCCH
GENERAL SECRETARY: G. Lloyd McCoy, 32° KCCH
ORATOR: Jared M. Fischer, 32°
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TRUSTEES: SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA
Marc Steven Fishman, 33°
Ronny D. Lanham, 33°
Kennedy L. May, 33°
Water H. "Butch" Lord, 32° KCCH
G. Lloyd McCoy, 32° KCCH
Arocho, Luis Ramon
Coffey, Brian Craig
Davis, Larry Eugene
Eckenroth, John George
Fishman, Marc Steven
Goldenberg, Jack Phillip
Lanham, Ronny Dale
Leazer, Gary Herbert
May, Kennedy Lee
Milks, Eric Penrose
Oblak, Thomas Gregory
Stampley, Roy Houston
Willgus, Jerry Lee
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Andert, Francis Herman
Bell, Thomas "Tom" Darden
Bouchard, Rickey Allen
Childress, Billy Gene
Coffey, Jarrod Kayne
Coffield, III, Prentiss "Pete"
Dozier, William Allen
Dykes, Keith Lamar
Griffin, Dennis Michael
Inglett, Aubrey Lee
Kirby, Robert Stockton
Kirkland, Jimmie Ray
Knox, Jr., John Peter
Knox, Sr., John Peter
Lamarre, Richard Leon
Leonard, David Michael
Lord, Jr., Walter "Butch" Hugh
McCoy, Gerald Lloyd
Murdock, Jr., Alvia "Butch" Andrews
Nickles, Ronald
Pierson, David Curtis
Purvis, Steven Thomas
Sanders, Dennis Carl
Shearer, George Luther
Smith, John Edward
Steinberg, Morris Milton
Summers, Sr., James Oliver
Valentine, Jr., Frank Joseph
Wagner, William Grant
Wood, II, Jerry Wayne
Wuchte, Sr., Gerald James
Knight Commander - Giles Thomas "Tom" Harrell, Sr., 32°
Knight Warden - Jeffrey F. Peil, 32°
Knight Captain - Christopher Allen "AC" Wiley, 32°
Knight Secretary - William Thomas Peeler , 32°
Knight Treasurer - John Thomas "Sonny" Black, 32°
Knight Chaplain - Robert Thomas Davies, III, 32°
Knight Sentinel , 32°
Knight Ritualistic , 32°
Knight Historian , 32°
G. Lloyd McCoy, 32° KCCH
T. Gregory Oblak, 33°
Kenny May, 33°
Eric P. Milks, 33°
Andy Andert, 32° KCCH
Rickey Bouchard, 32° KCCH
Billy Childress, 32° KCCH
Jarrod Coffey, 32° KCCH
Pete Coffield, 32° KCCH
Will Dozier, 32° KCCH
Jack P. Goldenberg, 33°
Jimmie Kirkland, 32° KCCH
Richard Leon Lamarre, 32° KCCH
David Leonard, 32° KCCH
Walter H. "Butch" Lord, 32° KCCH
G. Lloyd McCoy, 32° KCCH
David C. Pierson, 32° KCCH
Steven T. Purvis, 32° KCCH
John E. Smith, 32° KCCH
Roy H. Stampley Jr., 33°
Jerry W. Wood, II, 32° KCCH
Gerald Wuchte, Sr., 32° KCCH
Daniel Gary Bishop, 32°
Daniel Taylor Bishop, 32°
William Cody Bishop, 32°
John Thomas "Sonny" Black, 32°
Thom Davies, 32°
Rob Durland, 32°
Jared M. Fischer, 32°
Tom Harrell, 32°
Randall King, 32°
Samuel Marshall Lester, III, 32°
Drew Martin, 32°
Chris Miller, 32°
Jonathan Mosley, 32°
Jeff Peil, 32°
Charles Priest Perry, IV, 32°
Grady Clifton Phillips, III, 32°
Bill Speer, 32°
Mike Stroup, 32°
Mike Vickrey, 32°
Aaron Walden, 32°
Christopher "AC" Wiley, 32°
Billy Wilson, 32°
Jonathan Winn, 32°
Bryant Wolfe, 32°
The chosen tartan of the Knights of Saint Andrew of the Valley of Augusta is the Royal Stewart tartan. With red being the prominent color, it is one of the most luxurious tartans and is the personal tartan of Queen Elizabeth II. If that doesn't give you an idea of the history of the Royal Stewart tartan then I am sure that you will recognize that Royal Stewart is the tartan worn by numerous military groups. The history of the Royal Stewart tartan is large and varied as is the history of tartans in general.
What most people might not realize is that the Royal Stewart tartan was a symbol of the Royal Stewart family in Scotland. The history is definitely present to lend to the Royal name. The Royal Stewart clan though started mainly with an ancient family in Brittany of Dol. While many people might not recognize the name they would recognize many of the descendants that came from this family. However, the clan did not move to Scotland until King David I took the throne in Scotland after the Norman Conquest. This is just the start of the clan ascending to what we can call today the Royal Stewart clan with the Royal Stewart tartan.
It wasn't until a marriage of King Robert the Bruce's daughter that the Royal Stewarts became traceable. Granted, it was traced prior to this time frame, but it became much easier to trace as the males in the family were royalty in England and Scotland until Mary Queen of Scots came into power. While she did break up the direct line of power for a short time frame, the Royal Stewart clan did come back into power to rule Scotland and England with uninterrupted power until 1714. The reason why they lost this power was because of the death of Queen Anne.
While the Royal Stewart clan is not as powerful today as they once were, they are still related to the current royal family today with blood links. In fact King George V once referred to the Royal Stewart tartan as "my personal tartan". This should tell you that the power still exists for the Royal Stewart clan if the King refers to the tartan as his own. The Royal Stewart Tartan is still the official tartan of the Royal house in Scotland and is more than just a piece of fabric that you can wear, it also has a very rich history with a royal lineage. Kilts, sashes and other adornments of Royal Stewart tartan make the Knights of Saint Andrew of the Valley of Augusta easily recognizable to Scottish Rite members and visitors at the Augusta, GA Scottish Rite Center.
Brother Knights of Saint Andrew of the Valley of Augusta.
If you know of one of our Knights of Saint Andrew, That needs the KSA Regalia, please have him contact:
Director of Work - Jerry W. Wood, 32° KCCH
or General Secretary - Lloyd McCoy, 32° KCCH.
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