Scottish Rite Honours Men
The Scottish Rite confers a number of honors upon members who have contributed extraordinary service to the Scottish Rite or Freemasonry Masonry in general, and to the world at large. These individuals are recognized every other year in conjunction with the Supreme Council Biennial Session.
Knight Commander of the Court of Honour
The Rank of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour is not a Degree, but an Investiture, bestowed upon members deserving recognition for faithful services to the Rite or to mankind. At the biennial session of the Supreme Council, certain Masters of the Royal Secret are chosen to be invested with the Rank and Decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour. The respective Sovereign Grand Inspectors General or Deputies nominate members for this honor, and they must also be unanimously approved by The Supreme Council. This Investiture is a prerequisite to receiving the Thirty-third Degree. The Rank of K.·.C.·.C.·.H.·. may not be requested, and if requested must be refused. The cap of the Knight Commander Court of Honour is red with a darker red band trimmed in gold. In the center front is a representation of the Knight Commander Jewel, a Passion Cross with fancy arms, featuring in the center a trefoil embroidered in green encircled by "Kt.·. Comm.·. Court of Honour" embroidered in gold.
The following Brethren have been Invested as 32°, Knight Commander of the Court of Honour
for the 2023 Biennium.
Alexandria – Jeremy David Anspaugh
Alexandria – Ronald Earl Craft, Jr.
Alexandria – Mark Edward Cummings
Alexandria - Ralph Lunt Shepard
Alexandria - Robert James Worthington
Danville - Emmett Gold Dalton, Jr.
Danville - Ricky Lee Dix
Danville - Ronnie Lee Shough
Lynchburg – Richard Edwin Harper
Lynchburg - William Clark Peterson, Jr.
Newport News – Charles Thomas DuBose
Newport News - Sewell Major Rowley, Jr.
Newport News - Lewis Clyde Strickland
Congratulations, Brethren!
Norfolk – Richard Henry Dollar
Norfolk – Kevin August Gilbert
Norfolk – Roger Dennis Hartman
Norfolk – Mark Lee Holderman
Norfolk - Erik Kellegg Soderstrom
Portsmouth – Carl David Peacock, Jr.
Portsmouth – Aaron Guy Warren
Richmond – Duane Eugene Cunningham
Richmond – Jack Thomas Moorman
Richmond – John Michael Parrish
Richmond – David Wayne Vass
Richmond – Russell Aton Wright, II
Roanoke – James Hiram Hogg, Jr.
Roanoke – Michael Wayne Horn
Roanoke – Larry Curtis Huff
Roanoke – Bobby Gale Reece
Roanoke – Gino Warren Wiliams
Picture of new KCCH’s will be on this page near the end of September
33° - Inspector General Honorary
The Thirty-third Degree is conferred by the Supreme Council upon members of the Rite in recognition of outstanding work in the Rite or in public life. At its biennial session the Supreme Council elects members of the Rite to receive the Degree. Members unanimously so elected become honorary members of the Supreme Council. The Thirty-third Degree may not be requested, and if requested must be refused. The Degree is granted solely out of recognition for outstanding services. These 33° Masons are Inspectors General Honorary and honorary members of the Supreme Council. The active members of the Supreme Council are chosen from among them. The cap for an Inspector General Honorary is white with a white band edged in gold, featuring the symbol for this honorary Degree, a red slanting Patriarchal Cross.
The following Brethren have been Coronated as 33°, Inspector General Honorary, for the 2023 Biennium.
Alexandria – Alen Dale Beckner
Alexandria – Scott Christopher Springer
Alexandria – Donald Ellis Strehle
Lynchburg – James Dulara Charleston
Newport News – Steven Franklyn Dowd
Congratulations, Illustrious Sirs!
Norfolk – Joel Thomas Bundy
Norfolk – Christopher Winston Douglas
Portsmouth – Joseph Wesley Jeffries
Richmond – Harvey Lee Fleshman
Richmond – Terry Francis Hilton
Richmond - Dale Edward Wright, Jr.
Roanoke – Tommy Eric Skeens
Roanoke – Stephen Scott Willis
Grand Cross of the Court of Honour
This is the highest individual honor that The Supreme Council bestows. It is voted very rarely to Thirty-third Degree Masons only for the most exceptional and extraordinary services. The Grand Cross cap is white with a blue band. On the front is a replica of the Grand Cross Jewel, which is composed of a Teutonic Cross, with an embroidered crimson rose with green leaves at its center.
Virginia Grand Cross Recipients
ILL Walter S. Downs, GC 1991 **
ILL John W. Boettjer, GC 1993
ILL Robert R Lyons. GC 1999
ILL James B Wilkinson, PGM, GC 2001 **
** Passed to the Celestial Lodge Above
Virginia Grand Cross Recipients
ILL Arturo de Hoyos, GC 2009
ILL Alan W. Adkins, PGM, GC 2011
ILL Floren L. Quick, PGM (Japan) GC 2011 **
ILL W. Franklin Perdue, PGM, GC 2015
Republished with permission from The Supreme Council, 33°, A.&A.S.R. of Freemasonry, S.J., USA
Paintings by Bro. Robert H. White, 32°, from the Hall of Scottish Rite Regalia, House of the Temple, Washington, DC. © The Supreme Council, 33°, SJ, USA. All rights reserved.
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