ANSON JONES COUNCIL NO. 47

KNIGHT MASONS

 

 

 

 

The Order of Knight Masons

is an invitational and honorary body

 

 

Instituted – March 21, 1992

Chartered – February 19, 1993

 

 

 

 

Charles E. Ivy

Excellent Chief

 

Everett J. Hinote

Scribe

 

Mailing Address

2315 Oakview Dr

Missouri City, Texas 77459-2151

 

E-mail: AJKMC47@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Dues for 2025 are now due - $15.00

 

Please check your dues card to see if it

Indicates your dues for 2025 are paid.

 

Endowed Memberships are available for $300.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knight Mason Seal

 

Honored members of Anson Jones No. 47, A.M.D.

 

 

 

 

Lawrence E. Tucker

Most Excellent Great Chief

2004

Grand Council of Knight Masons of the USA

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth B. Fischer

Most Excellent Great Chief

2013

Grand Council of Knight Masons of the USA

 

 

 

 

 

John C. Elkinton

Past Grand Superintendent

Knight Companion of Zerubbabel

Grand Council of Knight Masons of the USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KMjewel

 

Officers 2025

 

Excellent Chief

Charles E. Ivy

Senior Knight

Hunter Schappaugh

Junior Knight

Darrin I. Pitts

Treasurer

Lawrence E. Tucker, P.E.C., P.G.C.

Scribe

Everett J. Hinote

Senior Warden

Keith G. Borst

Junior Warden

Matthew A. Burke

Director of Ceremonies

J. David Ashley

Priest

Michael A. Meier

Steward

Erickson Ybarra

Sentinel

Richard W. Fawcett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PECjewel

 

 

Past Excellent Chiefs

 

Charter

Lawrence Eugene Tucker

1994

John Charles Elkinton

1995

Kenneth Bernard Fischer, Sr.

1996

William Joseph Rye Tucker*

1997

Brian Richard Dodson

1998

Joseph Weldon Clampitte, Jr.

1999

Michael David Nanny

2000

Lawrence Douglas Ostergren

2001

Thomas Nathan Turner, Sr.

2002

Herbert Lester Allen*

2003

Howard Bart Henderson

2004

Henry Robert Clore

2005

Michael Harry Shively

2006

Joe Preston Haynes*

2007

Michael Dee Phillipus

2008

Pierre G. “Pete” Normand, Jr.

2009

Paul Edward Wunsche

2010

Richard Charles Sharp*

2011

Jack Thomas Peebles

2012

Dwight Webster Phillips, Jr.

2013

Clint Dwayne Stevens

2014

Kenneth Ray Potthoff

2015

Carl Wesley Wunsche

2016

Roberto Mercurio Sanchez

2017

Henry M. “Hank” Hughes, III

2018

Newburn Weldon “Butch” Hanna, Jr.

2019

Salomon Lahana

2020

Marvin Conrad Hass

2021

Richard W. “Dick” Heale

2022

John Travis Griffith

2023

John Fletcher Woolsey, Jr.

2024

Edward Cullen Peebles

 

* Deceased

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endowed Members

 

2004

Robert Blake Portwood *

2005

Joseph Weldon Clampitte, Jr.

2007

John Charles Elkinton

2008

Roberto Mercurio Sanchez

2013

Andrew Harrell “Tony” Bass *

2013

James David Willard

2014

John Albert Kleinfelder, Sr.

2014

John Travis Griffith

2014

Michael David Nanny

2018

Hunter Schappaugh

2018

Joseph Anthoney Taylor

2020

Matthew Alan Burke

2021

Allan Neil MacDougall

2021

Charles Edward “Chuck” Ivy

2021

Michael L. Sampson

2022

Christopher Wiley Jones

2023

Everett Joseph Hinote

2024

Maynard Fernando

 

* Deceased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

 

 

 

 

BY-LAWS ANSON JONES COUNCIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

KMUSA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Dates 2025

 

 

Stated Meeting

 

October 29, 2025

 

Houston Scottish Rite

2401 West Bellfort Ave

Houston, TX 77054

 

Tiled Meeting – Open to Knight Masons only

 

 

Annual Meeting

 

November 19, 2025

 

Election of Officers for 2026

 

Houston Scottish Rite

2401 West Bellfort Ave

Houston, TX 77054

 

Tiled Meeting – Open to Knight Masons only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members are reminded to wear your regalia at all meetings

 

 

knghteastsash          kmapron             kmsash

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Council of Knight Masons of the U.S.A.

 

 

60th Annual Meeting

 

Friday, February 6, 2026

9 am to Noon

 

Masonic Week

 

The DoubleTree by Hilton

Washington DC – Crystal City

300 Army Navy Drive

Arlington, VA 22202

 

Tiled Meeting – Members of Knight Masons Only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AnsonJones            AnsonJonesGraveGlenwoodCemeteryHouston1101

 

 

Anson Jones

 

The namesake of our Council is Brother Anson Jones

Who served as the first Grand Master of the

Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas

And the Last President of the

Republic of Texas

 

He is buried in Glenwood Cemetery

Houston, Texas

 

 

 

 

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Revised 06/09/2025