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Observance Lodge
Nashville, TN
No. 686 F.&A.M.
Chartered 1917

Observance Lodge Past Masters

1. 1917 – Harry Hill *
2. 1918 – James J. Vaughn *
3. 1919 – W. Frank Lampe *
4. 1920 – Jedd W. Apperson *
5. 1921 – D. Perkins Sexton *
6. 1922 – J. Clark Akers *
7. 1923 – James A. Senter *
8. 1924 – Julian C. Peebles *
9. 1925 – Charles S. Parrish *
10. 1926 – Houston B. Smith *
11. 1927 – Joseph Lee Martin *
12. 1928 – James J. Vaughn *
13. 1929 – Lloyd L. McKeel *
14. 1930 – William H. Morgan *
15. 1931 – George B. Morgan *
16. 1932 – George A. King *
17. 1933 – George A. Karsch, Jr. *
18. 1934 – William A. Johnson *
19. 1935 – Manning B. Kirby *
20. 1936 – Will Ewing Johns *
21. 1937 – Paul R. Jarrett *
22. 1938 – Jedd W. Apperson *
23. 1939 – Grady L. Mayhew *
24. 1940 – J. Robert Alexander *
25. 1941 – J. William Coles *
26. 1942 – Calvin L. Baker *
27. 1943 – G. Darden Craig, Jr. *
28. 1944 – J. William Coles *
29. 1945 – J. Robert Alexander *
30. 1946 – Oren O. Jones *
31. 1947 – Robb M. Finney *
32. 1948 – J. Jeffrey Hooberry, Jr. *
33. 1949 – Thomas T. Murray *
34. 1950 – Clyde R. Watson *
35. 1951 – W. Russell Holder *
36. 1952 – H. M. Henderson *
37. 1953 – William G. McKelvey, Jr.
38. 1954 – John R. Funk *
39. 1955 – James Byrd Pert *
40. 1956 – Eugene M. White *
41. 1957 – Milton Y. Brockett, Jr. *
42. 1958 – James Nelson Bryan, Sr. *
43. 1959 – Ottomar William Tilly *
44. 1960 – Coban Ray Nixon *
45. 1961 – James E. Baggett, Jr. *
46. 1962 – Billy Grigsby Talley *
47. 1963 – Sydney Dale Smith
48. 1964 – Rayvan Artice Fishburn *
49. 1965 – Louis Rice Drake *
50. 1966 – Robert R. Quarles *
51. 1967 – Francis Asbury Gaines *
52. 1968 – Arthur C. Kilburn, Jr.
53. 1969 – J. Jeffrey Hooberry, Jr. *
54. 1970 – Thomas H. Phelan, Jr. *
55. 1971 – Thomas Ray Taylor
56. 1972 – Joseph Lee Martin, Jr. *
57. 1973 – Robert Morris Jones *
58. 1974 – C. Everett Blanton *
59. 1975 – Joseph Lee Martin, Jr. *
60. 1976 – Norman Wilson Griswold, Jr *
61. 1977 – Albert Raymond McPherson *
62. 1978 – Donald Wayne Wright
63. 1979 – David Edward Robbins *
64. 1980 – John Harlan Zarth
65. 1981 – Wm. Donald McGahan
66. 1982 – Jerry Wendell Simmons
67. 1983 – Jackie Palmore Hatcher
68. 1984 – Wm Dennis Osborne, Jr
69. 1985 – Frederic L. Zimmerman *
70. 1986 – Roger Thurman Gray
71. 1987 – Thomas Ray Taylor
72. 1988 – Donald Wayne Wright
73. 1989 – John Harlan Zarth
74. 1990 – Jackie Palmore Hatcher
75. 1992 – Jerry Wendell Simmons
76. 1993 – Robert D. Mitchell Jr.
77. 1994 – Thomas Ray Taylor
78. 1995 – Jackie Palmore Hatcher
79. 1996 – Wm Dennis Osborne, Jr
80. 1997 – Jerry Wendell Simmons
81. 1998 – David J. Baulch
82. 1999 – T. Benjamin Hamilton
83. 2000 – J. Jeffrey Hooberry, Jr. *
84. 2001 – Jerry Wendell Simmons
85. 2002 – Timothy P. Luther
86. 2003 – Thomas Harold Clark
87. 2004 – James R. Morrison Jr.
88. 2005 – Harold Davis Grider
89. 2006 – Fred A. Dusel, III
90. 2007 – Jonathan Jason ‘Jay’ Peek
91. 2008 – Ronnie D. Johnson

* Deceased