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DUDLEY HAYS FERRELL 1879-1932
Deputy Grand Master, 1922
Grand Master, 1923-1925.
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MEMORIAL
From Proceedings, Page 1932-202:
Brother Ferrell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 29, 1879, and died at his home in Swampscott, September 15, 1932. Brother Ferrell was a graduate of Princeton University and of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Princeton gave him a Master of Arts degree in 1902. His first pastorate was in Slatington, Pa. His ministerial service was continuous from that time until his death except for the period from t927 to 1931, when he gave his whole time to the service of the Grand Lodge.
Brother Ferrell took his Masonic degrees in Paul Revere Lodge in 1906. He was a Charter member of Baalis Sanford Lodge and its first Master under Charter in 1918. He was Deputy Grand Master in 1922, and Grand Master in 1923,1924, and 1925. ln 1927, on the death of Most Worshipful John Albert Blake, he was chosen Relief Commissioner, assuming at the same time the charge of the departments of Masonic Service and Masonic Education. His service in this important post was of the greatest value to the Fraternity, and it was with great regret that the Grand Lodge released him when the call of his profession became too powerful to be longer resisted and he resigned to accept the very important pastorate of the Second Church in Boston. He was at the time of his death one of the Directors of the Grand Lodge.
Brother Ferrell was a member of Satucket Royal Arch Chapter, Brockton Council of Royal and Select Masters, Bay State Commandery of Knights Templar, and the Scottish Rite bodies in Boston. At the time of his death he was Most Wise Master of Mount Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix.
We mourn not only the loss of a valued and useful Grand Lodge officer but that of a friend whose qualities of mind and heart had endeared him to us all. I cannot do better than quote from the tribute of Dr. Charles E. Park at his funeral: "His was a heart filled with good cheer, a mouth filled with laughter, a tongue which always brought a message of cheer. No man was more able with the spirit. of good cheer to awaken a responsive cheer in the hearts of others."
Eloquent and persuasive in his preaching, he was not less so in his Masonic addresses. Breathing the true spirit of Masonry reinforced by his Masonic knowledge drawn from his experience in high Masonic office, they always inspired the Brethren to wider Masonic vision and more earnest Masonic effort.
From Proceedings, Page 1932-287:
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CHARTERS GRANTED
- 03/14/1923 The Harvard, Cambridge
- 03/14/1923 Milton, Milton
- 09/12/1923 Fourth Estate, Boston
- 09/12/1923 Beaver, Belmont
- 12/12/1923 Chin Ling, Nanking, China
- 03/12/1924 Russell, Arlington
- 03/12/1924 Bay Path, West Brookfield
- 09/10/1924 Eastern Star, Rehoboth
- 12/10/1924 Netop, Seekonk
- 03/11/1925 Elm, West Springfield
- 09/09/1925 United, Cambridge
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