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Hood's Chapter # 126 was organized April 21, 1928, in Southampton County near Courtland, Virginia on route
775 at the Masonic Lodge Hall. The first officers were Worthy Matron: Lula Ridley. Worthy Patron: Bro Billie T Story. Associate
Matron: Ada Boykins. Secretary: Rebecca Brown.
Rose of Sharon Chapter # 141 was organized in 1932. The chapter
held meetings monthly at the Ivor Masonic Lodge located on highway 620 Ivor Virginia. Elected Officers Worthy Matron: Josephine
Johnson. Worthy Patron: J.C. Lively. Associate Matron: Mattie Lively. Secretary Matilda Brockman. Treasurer: Ammie Bethel.
Sara Diggs Chapter # 188 was organized July 1947. Meetings were held third Thursday of each month in the Odd Fellolw's
Hall on Hall Street in Franklin, Virginia. First Elected Officers Worthy Matron: Josehine Barnes. Worthy Patron: Bro W. T.
Lewis. Associate Matron: Verna Moses. Secretary: Allegro Myrick. Treasurer: Georgia Blunt. Sentinel: Bro W. Urquhart. Chaplain:
Annie Jeffries. Conductress: Lelia Baxter. Associate Conductress: S. B. Boone. Adah: Mary Myrick. Ruth: Mary J. Banks. Esther:
Lucy Urquhart. Martha: Hattie Pope. Electra: Lucille Holloway. On
May 25, 1985, under the leadership of Grand District Deputy Organizer Sister Ivery B. Knight, Hood's Chapter # 126, Rose of
Sharon Chapter # 141 and Sara Diggs Chapter # 188 officially merged as one chapter: Franklin-Southampton Chapter # 237. Grand
Worthy Patron Walter A.Butts conducted the installation of officers. Worthy Matron: Pauline C. Morton. Worthy Patron: Bro
Henry Olds Sr. Associate Matron: Florence Boykins. Associate Patron: Rev James Banks. Secretary: Phyllis Brown. Assist Secretary:
Lelia Baxter. Treasurer: Doris Artis. Conductress: Mazie Broadnax. Associate Conductress: Virginia Harrell. Trustee Chairman:
Louise Haskins. Trustee North: Portia McClenny. Trustee South: Milderd White. Christian Flag Bearer: Mildred McClenny. United
States Flag Bearer: Ruth Hopkins. Eastern Star: Vianne Olds. Warder: Helen Holoman. Sentinel: Joyce Bowers. Adah: Ruth Lane.
Ruth: E. Frances Ashburn. Esther: Dorothy Banks. Martha: Ophelia Taylor. Electra: Mary Powell. Chaplain: Rose Galloway.
Franklin-Southampton # 237 OES, PHA had been holding its meetings on the third Saturday of each month at the Masonic
Lodge Hall on South Street in Franklin, VA. In 2007 the District # 8 Grand District Deputy Organizer Rosalind Holland approached
them with a proposal that they would merge with Antioch-Boykins-Square # 72, whose membership at the time was starting to
dwindle. In August of the same year, a ceremony held at the Holland Masonic Lodge in Suffolk, VA under the direction of Grand
Worthy Patron Michael Hodges forming ANTIOCH-FRANKLIN-SOUTHAMPTON # 72. Those attending were Grand Worthy Matron Velma Goffigan,
Grand Ruth Ivery Knight, Grand Lecturer Synthia Martin and Grand District Deputy Organizer Rosalind Holland. First sitting
officers were: Worthy Matron Florence Boykins: Worthy Patron, Henry Olds Sr. Associate Matron: Arleathia Peck. Associate Patron:
Jesse Artis. Secretary: Phyllis Cain. Treasurer: Vianne Olds. Conductress: Jacqueline Wyche-Brown. Associate Conductress Ophelia
Taylor. Trustee Chairman: Rose Galloway. Trustee South: Dolly Westbrook: Trustee North: LaToya Joyner. Marshal: Sheila Ricks.
Musician: Vanessa Hilliard. Christian Flag Bearer: Shirley Cutler. US Flag Bearer: Jean Gambles. OES Flag Bearer: Ella Wyche.
Warder: Earnestine Barnes. Sentinel: Dorothy Banks. Adah: Eleanor Ashburn. Ruth: Debra Faulk. Easter: Valadia Benton. Martha:
Shana Rollins. Electra: Grace L. Stith and Chaplain Moses Wyche.
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