There are four coordinate bodies within the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction. The Lodge of Perfection, 4°-14°; The Chapter of Rose Croix, 15°-18°; The Council of Kadosh, 19°- 30°; and the Consistory, 31°- 32°.
Their purpose is to examine different philosophies, ancient religions, and systems of ethics. Through all of these, people have tried to answer certain universal questions. The Degrees of the Rite do not tell a person what he should think about these questions. Instead, they tell him about what great thinkers and civilizations of the past have thought, and they try to create a situation in which the candidate or Brother can gain insight. Agreeing with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living, the Rite helps with this self-examination by providing reference points.
2026 VALLEY OF NEWPORT NEWS OFFICERS
LODGE OF PERFECTION
4º THRU 14º
ELECTED OFFICERS – 2026
VENERABLE MASTER Bro. James Russell Longstreet, 32°
SENIOR WARDEN Bro. Derrick Ray Barker, 32°
JUNIOR WARDEN Bro. William Jack Spencer, 32°
ORATOR Bro. Russell Stewart Treacy, 32°
APPOINTED OFFICERS – 2026
PRELATE Bro. Clifton Michael Trinidad, 32°
MASTER OF CEREMONIES Bro. Jonathan Oliveras, 32°
EXPERT Bro. Arthur Cooper Strode, 32°
ASSISTANT EXPERT Bro. Carlin Drew "Chip" Carpenter, 32°
CAPTAIN OF THE HOST Bro. Nicholas Vain, 32°
TILER Bro. Raleigh John Pacheco III, 32°
CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX
15° THRU 18°
ELECTED OFFICERS – 2026
WISE MASTER Bro. Jonathan Oliveras, 32°
SENIOR WARDEN Bro. William Jack Spencer, 32°
JUNIOR WARDEN Bro. Derrick Ray Barker, 32°
ORATOR Bro. Clifton Michael Trinidad, 32°
APPOINTED OFFICERS – 2026
PRELATE Bro. Anthony Joseph Horine, 32°
MASTER OF CEREMONIES Bro. James Russell Longstreet, 32°
EXPERT Bro. Arthur Cooper Strode, 32°
ASSISTANT EXPERT Bro. Benjamin Joseph Sanders, 32°
STANDARD BEARER Bro. Nicholas Vain, 32°
GUARDIAN OF THE TEMPLE Bro. Henry Lucia Farnum, 32°
TILER Bro. Raleigh John Pacheco III, 32°
COUNCIL OF KADOSH
19° THRU 30°
ELECTED OFFICERS – 2026
COMMANDER Ill. Joseph Efrain Gadea, 33°
FIRST LT. COMMANDER Bro. Manuel Joseph Lacerda, 32°, KCCH
SECOND LT. COMMANDER Bro. John Wesley Lash, III, 32°
CHANCELLOR Bro. Paul John Nelson, 32°
ORATOR Bro. Mark Ellis Webb, 32°
APPOINTED OFFICERS – 2026
MASTER OF CEREMONIES Bro. William Jack Spencer, 32°
TURCOPOLIER Bro. Carlin Drew Carpenter, 32°
DRAPER Bro. Sewell Major Rowley, Jr., 32°, KCCH
FIRST DEACON Bro. Jonathan Oliveras, 32°
SECOND DEACON Bro. Robert Glenn Murray, 32°
BEARER OF BEAUSANT Bro. Dennis Douglass Drahos, 32°
BEARER OF WHITE STANDARD Bro. Russell Stewart Treacy, 32°
BEARER OF BLACK STANDARD Bro. Nicholas Vain, 32°
LIEUTENANT OF THE GUARD Bro. Jose Antonio Pescador, 32°
SENTINEL Bro. Raleigh John Pacheco III, 32°
PAST COMMANDERS
CONSISTORY
31° and 32°
ELECTED OFFICERS – 2026
MASTER OF KADOSH Bro. Manuel Joseph Lacerda, 32°, KCCH
PRIOR Bro. Jose Antonio Pescador, 32°
PRECEPTOR Bro. Benjamin Joseph Sanders, 32°
CHANCELLOR Bro. Jonathan Oliveras, 32°
MINISTER OF STATE Bro. Arthur Cooper Strode, 32°
APPOINTED OFFICERS - 2026
PRELATE Bro. Richard Aubrey Russell, 32°, KCCH
MASTER OF CEREMONIES Bro. Anthony Joseph Horine, 32°
EXPERT Bro. Paul John Nelson, 32°
ASSISTANT EXPERT Bro. Lewis Clyde Strickland, 32°, KCCH
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD Ill. Hilton Randolph Maney, 33°
TILER Bro. Raleigh John Pacheco III, 32°
NOTE: The Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Virginia, Ill. Alan Wayne Adkins, 33º appoints the following officers, to serve in all four (4) Bodies, until he should make other appointments:
SECRETARY
STEVEN FRANKLYN DOWD, 33º
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
DAVID ALEX BURKUS, 33º
TREASURER
JOHN RICHARD RAWLS, 33º
ASSISTANT TREASURER
SEWELL MAJOR ROWLEY, 32º, KCCH
ALMONER
David Murray, 32º, KCCH
PAST MASTERS OF ALL FOUR BODIES
WILLIAM ROBERT ROGERS, 33° *
WILLIS JOLIFF CROSS, 33° *
THEODORE JOHN HELMER, 32° KCCH *
FORRESTER FRANKLIN FEISTER, 32° KCCH *
EMERSON JAMES BAKER, 33° *
MARK JORDAN STOCKTON, 33° *
ANDREW JACKSON PONTON, JR., 33° *
ROY FRANK JENKINS, 33° *
GEORGE ALLEN WATTS, 33° *
WALTHALL RIVERS IVEY, 32° KCCH *
OLIVER JAMES HORTON, 33° *
EDGAR CREDIUS LETT, 33° *
MILLARD CALVIN WHITE, 32° KCCH *
HERMAN WINFIELD MEREDITH, 33° *
WILLIAM REGINALD WILKINS, 32° KCCH *
JOHN SAMUEL LUDLUM, 33° *
JAMES PILSON WILLIAMS, JR., 33° *
ADRIAN LEE “PETE” EURE, 33°
EDWARD JONES LOWERY, SR., 33° *
ARTHUR FRANKLIN PACKARD, JR., 33° *
JOHN ELBERT BLAIR, 33° *
JAMES WILLIAM WOOD, 32° *
MELVIN J. COLSON, JR., 33° *
JAMES HERBERT AUSTIN, 32° KCCH *
JACK LEE SMITH, 33°
MALVIN MARTELL OVERMAN, 32° KCCH *
EDWARD A. LUCKENBACH, 32° KCCH *
CLARENCE WARD BRASWELL, 33° *
CARL WILLIAM GABORIK, 33° *
BILLY MAURICE BRADY, 33° *
NORRIS KETCHUM ROBERTS, 32° KCCH *
JAME EUGENE LASSITER, 33°
DAVID ALEX BURKUS, 33°
RANDOLPH LOCKNANE ROGERS, 32° KCCH *
JOHN EDWARD MATTISON, JR., 32° KCCH
GEORGE ALLEN HOLLINGSWORTH, III, 33° *
JIMMY CAROL WILLIS, 33° *
DANNY OLEAVY BELOTT, 33°
PATRICK CRAIG MURPHREY, 32° KCCH
PAGE SIMPSON NEALE, JR., 33°, IGH
WILLIAM EARLE RORER, JR., 33°, IGH