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V. Wayne Causey, PGM 2000-2001

Bro. V. Wayne Causey was born April 12, 1946 in Birmingham, Alabama to Vester Lane and Evelyn (Duke) Causey. Bro. Causey’s father was a long time member and a past Master of Central Park Lodge 808. After graduating from Ensley High School in Birmingham, Bro. Causey attended Jacksonville State College and graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1968. After completing his undergraduate degree, he attended Officer Training School in the United States Air Force and completed his military service with the rank of Captain. He returned to Birmingham and was employed first at Alabama Oxygen Company, and later with Alabama Power Company as a systems analyst. Ever pursuing his quest for knowledge, Bro. Causey began work on a Master’s in Business Administration degree at Samford University while working fulltime at Alabama Power Company. He earned his MBA degree from Samford in 1974 and then began work on a law degree at Birmingham School of Law. Bro. Causey received his Juris Doctor degree in 1978 and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar the same year. He started his law practice in Birmingham, later moving his law office to Calera, Alabama where he and Donna now reside. In 1992, he joined the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations as Assistant General Counsel.

Bro. Causey married Donna R. (Morgan) Causey on August 27, 1966 while attending the University of Alabama. Donna was a special education teacher in Jefferson County and Hoover, Alabama school systems for many years. They have two sons, Michael, and Brian, both graduates of Auburn University and currently residents of Tennessee and Georgia, respectively.

Bro. Causey is a member of the Calera First United Methodist Church and a past Chairman of the Administrative Board. He has been a member of and actively participated in various civic and professional organizations through the years, including the Sigma Delta Kappa law fraternity and the Civitan and Lions clubs. He is an avid golfer and played for many years at the former Buxahatchee Country Club in Calera where he has registered two “holes in one”. He also enjoys listening to music and books on tape while traveling.

Bro. Causey is a member of Shelby Lodge No. 140, Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama, having been initiated an entered apprentice on March 5, 1981, passed to the degree of fellowcraft on April 2, 1981, and raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on May 7, 1981. He served as Worshipful Master of his lodge in 1985 and 1995. He is a member of Crandle B. Dodd Scottish Rite Memorial Degree team, Valley of Montgomery; Scottish Rite degree team, Valley of Birmingham; Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Birmingham and is a 32° KCCH; Birmingham York Rite Bodies; and Noble of Zamora Shrine Temple, where he is a member of the Knights of Mecca. Bro. Causey is also a member of the National Sojourners, Montgomery Chapter 365 and Heroes of ’76.

Bro. Causey was elected to the office of Junior Grand Warden in 1997. Bro. Causey progressed through the Grand line and was elected and installed Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Alabama on November 22, 2000.

Robert Thomas Crawford, PGM 1999-2000

Robert Thomas Crawford was born September 25, 1950 in Fairfield, Alabama. His parents were Monroe W. Crawford and Hannah Ruth Crawford. He attended Jefferson County public schools and graduated from Hueytown High School in 1969. He was employed by US Steel at the Ensley Rail Mill July 1969. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in December 1969. On April 24, 1970, he married Debra Jean Humphries. This union has produced 3 lovely daughters and 2 wonderful Grand Children. After being Honorably discharged in December 1974, he attended Bessemer State Technical School where he studied Industrial Electronics. He returned to U.S. Steel in 1974 as a Motor Inspector Apprentice. He entered the Electronic Dept. of Fairfield Steel in 1976. He is currently employed at Fairfield works Seamless Pipe Mill as Process Leader of the Bloom Furnace / Water Treatment / Combustion Control.

Brother Crawford was initiated in Hueytown Lodge # 843 F. & A. M. on December 14, 1974, Passed to the degree of Fellowcraft, January 4, 1975 and raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on January 11, 1975. He served Hueytown Lodge as Worshipful Master in 1981-82. He was elected Secretary in 1986.

Brother Crawford served the Grand Lodge as District Lecturer from 1986 to 1989. He was appointed the Member of the Committee on Work for Group 8 in 1989. He was elected Junior Grand Warden in 1996. Brother Crawford was elected and installed as the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the highest office of Masonry, on November 17, 1999.

Brother Crawford has been very active in the York Rite of Masonry. He served as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Alabama 1992-1993. He is currently serving the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar as Grand Captain General. He is a member of Alabama Priory #31 Knights of the York Grand Cross of Honor, St. Dunstan Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, Emerst W. Johns Sovereign York Rite College, Council of Anointed High Priests, Order of the Silver Trowel, Knight Crusaders of the Cross, Jerusalem Tabernacle Holy Royal Order Knights Templar Priests. Brother Crawford has been active in the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Valley of Birmingham. He was invested with the Knight Commander Court of Honor on October 30, 1999. Brother Crawford is an active member of Zamora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Birmingham, Alabama.
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