Masons in the Military

This page is dedicated to our brave Brothers who are defending our country. We will publish whatever news we have concerning our Brothers as well as prayer requests for them and their families. If you have any news that you would like us to post, please email us.

Robert Taylor McDavid III

Killed in Action, Bagdad

He was a tank operator with the Army's 164th Armored Division, 3rd Infantry, but was on foot patrol with other soldiers in Baghdad at the time of the attack.

The 29-year-old was the son of Robert and Jean Alice McDavid of Starkville and was married to Tiffany Thornhill of Starkville. He was a fourth-generation Master Mason.

He was Past Master at the Abert Lodge in Starkville and a member of the Scottish Rite, the York Rite and Hamasa Shrine.

SSG Ronald W. Langley

Served with the 155TH ARMD BDE from 24 Aug 04 thru 12 Dec 05. He is a member of Baldwyn Lodge #108

Joe Crockett Sayles III

Raised - Providence #189, Chesapeake, Va
Hometown - Rankin County Graduated 1990 - Richland High School
Resident Of Mississippi
Currently Deployed In Tikrit Iraq - March 2007-March 2008

Scott Orsak
of J.L.Power has been deployed to Iraq with the U.S.Army for 12 to 15 months.

Some of the Masons who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom 1

Served from January 23,2003 through April 1,2004
B Company, 223rd Engineer Bn - Calhoun City, Mississippi
SGT Billy Dobbs - Aberdeen #32
SSG Jasper Bumgart - McKee #488
SGT Colby Sprayberry - McKee #488
SSG James Coggin - Nettleton #451

Robby, Breland
email:
Robbreland@hotmail.com

I would like to thank all my Brethren for their prayers during my deployment. I am home now and am proud to involved in masonry

Robby Breland, JW
Bowie #439

Brothers Bruce Cain
Thomas Murphree
Mitch Bryan

of Bay St. Louis Lodge #429, are all members of the U.S. Armed Forces and all have served over seas. They have since all returned to the U.S. but have not yet returned home.

LT Gary Thiel, USCG
gthiel1003@gmail.com

FC at Level Lodge #373 (New Orleans, LA), though my permanent residence is Hattiesburg, MS. Duty Station is New Orleans

Bro. Paul Williams

of Morton Lodge #254 is presently stationed in Afghanistan. This is his second tour during this war. He spent a year in Iraq, came home then volunteered for this second tour.

The following served from 24 Aug 04 thru 12 Dec 05 with the 155th ARMD BDE.

Maj William D. Barton-Carnot Posey #378
Maj John P. Hardy- Abert # 89
Maj Rodney W. Bowman-Sturgis #365
SFC James Wheat-Columbus #5
SFC Kenneth Joiner-Lexington #24
SFC Paul Davis-Eupora #423
1SG Charles Jones-Truman T. Smith #564
SSG James Nanny
SSG John Hodge-Louisville #75
SGT Jerry Moore-Cornith #116
SGT Greg Lindsey-Cornith #116
1SG Ray Wilburn-O.D. Smith #33
CPT William Caldwell-Coldwater #409
SGT Joseph R. Lee, III-T.J. Catchings #394
MSG Joseph R. Lee, Jr.-T.J. Catchings #394