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Decision No. 8

PASSING OF RIGHT EMINENT ROBERT MELVIN OHMAN
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RIGHT EMINENT EDWARD RIPLEY SAUNDERS, Jr.

Whereas Right Eminent Past Grand Commander Robert Melvin Ohman (1997) was called to be with His Lord and Savior in that Glorious Asylum above April 23, 2011 and

Whereas Right Eminent Past Grand Commander Edward Ripley Saunders, Jr. (1984) was called to be with His Lord and Savior in that Glorious Asylum above on May 1, 2011,

I, Phillip Edward Maybery, Grand Commander Knights Templar in Virginia, do hereby declare that the Month of May 2011 be a month of mourning and that all commanderies holden under this Grand Jurisdiction will accordingly drape their respective charters in black for that period.

Sir Knight Edward R. Saunders, Jr, Right Eminent Grand Commander of Virginia 1984 passed away at 7:30 am on May 1.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 6, at 11:00 a.m. at the Royston Funeral Home in Marshall, VA. Viewing will be on Thursday, May 5 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Royston Funeral Home in Marshall, VA.

Cochran Lodge No. 271 A.F. & A.M., will convene its Lodge of Sorrow at to pay the last tribute of respect to our late Brother Edward R. Saunders, Jr. at 7:30pm Thursday May 5th 2011. Please arrive at 7:00pm.

Royston Funeral Home
4125 Rectortown Rd.
Marshall, Va. 20115
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Right Eminent Robert Ohman passed away the morning of April 23, 2011.

Bob was Master of Ocean View Lodge #335 in 1986, a member of Kempsville Lodge, Past Grand Commander of Knights Templar of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason from the Valley of Norfolk. To be honest Bob had more degrees than a thermometer and more titles than one could hope to remember. Bob exemplified Masonry in all that he did. In short he lived respected and died regretted.

There will be a viewing, Tuesday, April 26, in the Chapel at Hollomon Brown on Tidewater Drive. Masonic Rites will be performed at 1800 (6:00 p.m.) by the funeral committee. The funeral service will be held at Saint Timothy Lutheran Church in Norfolk. (1051 Kempsville Rd Norfolk, VA 23502 (757) 461-3931) at 0900 Wednesday morning. Military honors will be performed at Rosewood Cemetery on Witchduck a 1000. There will be no Knight Templar funeral service performed.

Sir Knight Receives Gold Honor Award.

Portsmouth Commandery No. 5 hosted the conferral of the Orders of Knighthood. Almost all the work was conferred from memory; much for the first time. By an order from Portsmouth's commander, Sir Knight Benjamin F. Hill Portsmouth's director of work, Sir Knight F. Byron Goodwin, KYCH, assembled the casts, regalia, parphenalia, and practices for a very sucessful conferral.

Chivalric District No. 6

2011 Conferral of the Orders

Sad news indeed. See more for details and arrangements.

District 8 - Conferral of the Orders
On Saturday, October 9th, 2010 thirteen new Knights were created at the Conferral of the Orders at Lynn Commandery No. 9, Marion. Right Eminent Samuel Brady Wells, assisted by members from the Commanderies of Lynn, Johnson, Cryene, Blacksburg, Clinch Valley and Graham conferred the Orders.

Yesterday, after the MAHOVA Day parade, EPDDGC Tom Grove (Richmond No. 2) was in an automobile accident near his home in Richmond's West End. His car was totaled, but he escaped with a couple of bumps on his head and some bruises. When he didn't show up at church this morning, I called to check on him. He was home and resting up. Tom is 90 and usually plays golf with REPGC Gordon Morrow every Tuesday, weather permitting. He's simply amazing!

Tom was in full uniform yesterday, though he did not march this year. All too many of our younger, healthier SKs did not show up. We did, however, have a respectful muster. Special thanks go out to our EGJW, Bill Reinhold, who called cadence in an impressive manner. Also, our EGSB, Malcolm Holley, carried our Standard very proudly, despite his leg problem. He was flanked by an unprecedented TWO VE Deputy Grand Commanders (VA and DC).