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Masons Lead Better

• Posted by rbence
• April 06, 2016

Masons Lead Better is now in its second year. This year there will be two workshops presented.

Masons Lead Better is now in its second year.  This year there will be two workshops presented.

The first is entitled, Becoming Masonry and, with some modifications, will be the same material presented the previous Masonic year. This interactive workshop focuses on personal development and using the tools and lessons presented in the Masonic degrees.

1. Open to all Masons (EA, FC & MM) – limited to 50 Brothers per workshop
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65-Year Member, John Payne Rests From His Labors

• Posted by rbence
• January 21, 2016

Vinton Lodge #131 has lost Brother John Payne, a 65-year member of the Lodge.

Brethren, we are saddened by the loss of our Brother John Payne, a 65 year Mason. Brother Payne passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 following a long illness.

John Aaron Payne, 87, Vinton, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, Ohio following a long illness. He was born February 18, 1928 in Roane County, West Virginia to the late E. C. and Ella Halbert Payne. He was a 65 year member of Vinton Masonic Lodge #131, a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Vinton Eastern Star CHapter #375.

John married Opal Virginia Stewart May 14, 1950 at the Vinton Baptist Church and she survives with two daughters:  Jerri (David) Samples, Jackson, Ohio and Kathy (Rodney) Alderman, Vinton, Ohio; and a son, Johnny (Denise) Payne, Vinton,…

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