Lou Parrish 130

North Carolina
Order of The Eastern Star

Lou Parrish Chapter No. 130
Order of the Eastern Star
Instituted, February 14, 1947
Stated Meetings are Third Mondays at 7:30 p.m.
Masonic Temple, 315 South Lee Street, Benson, NC


Officers for 2004-2005

Worthy Matron Regina Ireland
Worthy Patron William Ireland

Associate Matron Glenda Williams	Associate Patron Durwood Williams
Secretary Gloria Hill	Treasurer Annie Ruth Turlington
Conductress Laura Hinson	Associate Conductress Hilda Raynor
Chaplain L.A. Sutton	Marshal Pearl Creech
Organist Susan King	Adah Della Grace Moore
Ruth Verna Mae Lucas	Esther Eloise Bonds
Martha Susan WestbrookLois Hood	Electa Adelma Benson
Warder Mable Sasser	Sentinel Shelton Benson

Brief History. A Benson Chapter #130, OES, was instituted on April 27, 1920, with 26 members. Ava Lassiter was Worthy Matron and A.T. Lassiter was Worthy Patron. Maud E. Hester, DDGM, was the proxy for the WGP for the institution. A charter was issued at the 1921 Grand Chapter Session. Benson #130 did not report in 1922 and was not listed as a chapter in 1923. Subsequently, on February 14, 1947, another chapter was instituted in Benson. It retained the original chapter number but was renamed “Lou Parrish” in memory of the mother of an active member of the Benson Masonic Lodge. There were 57 petitioners present and 4 not present at the institution; some of them were also members of the original Benson Chapter #130.

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