 Selma No. 320 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Brethern a Stated Communication will be held June 16. A meal will be served from Parkside Cafe. When it is only seven to attend, this is the minimum. If twelve or more attend then the meetings have activity. Please check your obligations and we hope to see you. I have attached 2 letters concerning Joseph Warren Saint John’s Celebration and from Matt Moore has sent a letter concerning Wilson Warbirds ballgame District 16 and Oxford Orphanage. Please check your calendars. Secretary Selma 320 |
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| Thank you to the Brethern for your 2026 payment of dues. For the Brethern that need to send your payment of dues, this newsletter is a reminder. If there is an issue that needs to be addressed, please reach out to Thomas Rose 336-926-1507 cell. Your Lodge needs you to pay your 2026 dues. I have membership cards that need to be mailed to you. All I need is payment. If one needs to send to a PO Box 576, Selma, NC 27576. Also go online if you choose Grand Lodge of NC. In June official dues notices will be sent, not friendly reminders. In Masonic Works, Thomas Rose Secretary Selma 320 |
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| in the Lodge there are 8-9 in attendance. Please mark on your calendar to attend if you are able. If you just want to eat and attend you are welcomed. See you soon. Thomas Rose Selma 320 |
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| As I compose this newsletter my thoughts are with the MHCO population. I am with Murphy knowing he is going to be cared and supported. The children come to the MHCO with destroyed mentally, spiritual, and physical beings. Their recovery requires time patience and overcoming loneliness. As I compose this newsletter our Lodge is going to support summer camp for the MHCO population. As we may see the usual members at the stated communication, the need is huge compared to our ability to donate. If lives are changed by this expression of love, then our sacrifice is not in vain. Any contribution is never to small. Please send your contribution with the designation of funds to MHCO summer camp. Your contribution will be sent to this worthy need. In Masonic Works, Thomas Rose Secretary Selma 320 |
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| Thank you to the Brethern for your 2026 payment of dues. For the Brethern that need to send your payment of dues, this newsletter is a reminder. If there is an issue that needs to be addressed, please reach out to Thomas Rose 336-926-1507 cell. Your Lodge needs you to pay your 2026 dues. I have membership cards that need to be mailed to you. All I need is payment. If one needs to send to a PO Box 576, Selma, NC 27576. Also go online if you choose Grand Lodge of NC. In June official dues notices will be sent, not friendly reminders. In Masonic Works, Thomas Rose Secretary Selma 320 |
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| DDGM 16 Matt Moore will have his official visit March 3 stated communication. Worshipful Master Mooney has requested we wear coat and tie. Meal will be served at 6:30pm. Please come to support our Lodge and District. I am driving in from Winston-Salem for this meeting. |
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The Grand Master will be at Relief Lodge no. 431 in Benson on Wednesday evening, February 25th for his District Town Hall meeting. A meal will be served at 6pm and the meeting will begin at 7pm. Coat and tie is requested for attendees. To ensure we have enough for dinner, please make reservations thomasrose5159@gmail.com Stated Communication February 17, 2026, at 6:30pm https://www.ncfreemasons.org/ncmason/ Stated Communication February 17, 2026 IMG_1024.png Walt Parker Promotion |
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The Grand Master will be at Relief Lodge no. 431 in Benson on Wednesday evening, February 25th for his District Town Hall meeting. A meal will be served at 6pm and the meeting will begin at 7pm. Coat and tie is requested for attendees. To ensure we have enough for dinner, please make reservations thomasrose5159@gmail.com Stated Communication February 17, 2026, at 6:30pm https://www.ncfreemasons.org/ncmason/ IMG_1024.png |
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| For 2026, I present your officers of Selma 320 |
| As Secretary one learns more of the business of the Lodge and finds out that there is much to learn about this job. It has been a honor to serve the Fraternity. I could not do this job without the help of the dozen or so faithful that regularly attends. Thank you! Brother Ellis Morris has laid his working tools down. As soon as arrangements are made I will send a newsletter to you. If any Brother needs to update for a Masonic Funeral let me know so I can get you a form. Grandview is a program chosen by the Grand Lodge for all communications. I have learned some of the Language and Culture with Grandview. I will be glad to share what I know with the Brethren. January 6, is the Stated Communication with meal at 6:30 pm. We do have degree work coming up very soon, please help us to guide the elected in Masonic Work. More information later. January 17, 2026, at 8:00am Selma Lodge will host a District Meeting. DDGM 16 Matt Moore will present a program to the District. Please govern accordingly. I conclude this newsletter at this time. In Masonic Works, Thomas Rose Secretary Selma 320 |
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| Together, We Rise! 1. Golf Tournament prep for October 17, 2025. 2. 3:30 pm to 7:15pm Working Business Hours for Membership. 3. Brush up on degree work. 4. Recap of Grand Lodge and the free uber and Murphy Bed available in Winston Salem. Finally, you are not heavy you are my Brother. |
Selma Lodge 320 on a Saturday Morning all dressed up and ready to conduct business:
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| Greetings: 1. Stated communication 9/16/2025 2. Grand Lodge Winston-Salem 9/18/2025 3. October 17, 2025, Golf Tournament Cardinal Country Club, Selma,NC Scanned Document 2024-08-28 at 11.15.43 AM.pdf |
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| Brethren September 2, 2025, we have a stated communication and meal starting at 6:30pm. We lost Brother Stuckey on September 31, 2025. This is his obituary. ObituaryCharles “Duck” Henry Stuckey, age 81, of Pine Level, North Carolina passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 31st, 2025, in the SECU Hospice House of Smithfield. Born May 20th, 1944, in Pine Level, he was the son of the late Archie Leon Stuckey and Ethel Creech Stuckey. Duck was a devoted husband, loving father, and papa who touched countless lives with warmth, quick wit, and a caring heart. He was a long-time member of the Pine Level Free Will Baptist Church. He was a member of the Cardinal Country Club, a fifty-year member of the Selma Masonic Lodge, a member of the Johnston County Shrine Club. He was also a member of the Pine Level American Legion, and a retired volunteer firefighter in Pine Level. He was preceded in death by his brother Billy Harold Stuckey, and sister Jean Stuckey Collier. Through the years, Duck’s passion for family, golf, and the wholesale floral industry brought smiles and joy to many. His career allowed him to share his contagious enthusiasm with customers spanning multiple states. Doc and Wilma Oliver gave Duck his start in the wholesale floral industry at Cyn-Mar Greenhouses. After serving in the military, Duck went to work with Hanford’s Creations of Charlotte, NC. For the last 25 years, he worked for Regency International of New York City until he retired. He was always passionate to make sure his clients were taken care of. Duck had a deep love for his family. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jerrie, a testament of their love and commitment to one another. They have a son David Charles Stuckey, wife Kathleen, of Clayton, and two wonderful grandchildren, Emily Caroline Stuckey and Turner David Stuckey. Emily and Turner were Duck's true pride and joy. He is also survived by his brothers; Wayne Stuckey, of Lumberton, Ronnie Stuckey and wife Kathy, of Princeton, sister, Nell Stuckey Phelps and husband Curtis, of Four Oaks, sister-in-law, Patty Crocker of Goldsboro, and numerous nieces, nephews, and great nieces and great nephews. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, at 3:00pm at Parrish Funeral Home Chapel in Selma, NC. The family will receive friends 2 hours prior to the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Flowers are acceptable, or memorial contributions may be made to the Free Will Baptist Children’s Home at 7907 Buck Deans Rd, Middlesex, NC 27557. |
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| Friends, We would love to see you on Tuesday night for fellowship and business: The Golf Tournament has been approved for October 17, 2025. We lost two brothers this past week with two deep friendships. Both were not expected. I create this newsletter with sadness but with faith to continue our walk and work. Be careful and safe this week. Fraternally, Thomas Rose Secretary |
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| 8/13/2025, Past Master Dave Turnage laid down his working tools and entered through the gates of heaven. A notice was published at Parrish Underwood Funeral Home. Full Obituary will be published later. This will be communicated to the craft as soon as the obituary is published. We all was blessed by his friendship. Yours In Brotherly Love. Thomas Rose Secretary Selma 320 |
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Grand Lodge Reservations need to made through Grandview by August 30.
Our Lodge would like to see you.
Dues payments are needed.
See you very soon.
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Selma No. 320 Grand Lodge Of North Carolina, A.F. & A.M. |
| Your Lodge Needs You! Worshipful Master Dees asks for all members to read the attached letter. In Masonic Works, Thomas Rose Secretary Selma 320 Your Lodge Needs You.pdf |
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| Don't forget that we have a SC tonight. A meal will be served at 6:30 PM, Marinated Pork loin, mashed potatoes with gravy, slaw/string beans and chocolate cake. Grover T Dees Master |
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Our next Stated Communication will be on September 3rd, a meal will be served at 6:30 PM. We need to have a strong attendance at this meeting so we can begin planning for our annual Golf Tournament. We all need to help sell Hole Sponsorships. This is a very vital part of our revenue for this event.
As you know, the tournament will be on October 18, 2024, and we have a lot of very important items that we need to decide. As you may remember from last year, we were short of manpower and had it not been for Mike Mooney’s daughter and her boyfriend and the help of two members of the Kenly Lodge we would have had a mess. It is for this reason we need to decide, whether to serve a meal, who is willing to get out and sell hole sponsorships (last year we raised $7,900 from Hole Sponsors) and quite honestly, whether to have a tournament at all.
I hope the later will not be the case. Last year we were able to send $4,859.15 to the MHFC, $4,859.14 to the MESH and $500 to the NCMF. Come on Brethren, let’s get her done. See you on the 3rd..
Fraternally,
Grover Dees PM
Assistant Secretary
PS: We have 12 members who have not paid their 2024 Dues. PLEASE, we need you.
Mail your check for $236 to Selma Lodge #320, 405 North Pollock St., Selma, NC 27576.
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Please note that Ellis Morris' wife Clara is now under Hospice care. Please keep Clara and Ellis and their family in your prayers.
Grover