Our Black Butterflies… …And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belong to our world But then it flies again And though we wish it could have stayed... We feel lucky to have seen it.

Bro. Wilbert Allen Bro. Edwards Armstrong Bro. Johnnie Artis, Sr. Sis. Daisy Ashburn Sis. Mary Bailey Bro. Johnny Bellamy Bro. Kenneth Balknight

Bro. Andrew Banister Bro. Clarence Bannerman Bro. Raymond Barnes Bro. Joe Barnette Bro. Howard Baxter, Sr. Bro. Henry C. Beck Bro. Glen H. Belser

Bro. Ramon Bennett Bro. Harry Britt Sis. Ruby L. Broderick Sis. Mary Brown Sis Aldina “Cookie” McGriff-Burns Sis. Ruby Buxton Bro. James Carter Sr.

Sis. Madine Cason Sis. Addie Charles Bro. George Cheeseborough Bro. Tillman Clark Bro Arthur Coleman, Sr Bro Arthur Coleman, Sr Sis. Mary Covington Bro. Gaston Cowan

Sis. Mable Cox Sis. Izona Craignnie Sis Lula B. Crooms Sis. Rose M. Curtis Bro. Paul Daniels Bro. James Davis Sis. Loretta DeBose Sis Jessie Dixon

Sis. Catherine Edwards Bro. Johnnie Evans, Sr Bro. Ira Feely Bro. Robert Felton Bro. Ashley Foushee Bro Danny Freeman Bro. Lorenzo A. Gales Sis. Rebecca Gravely

Sis Geraldine Gause Sis. Verneath Gantt Bro. Eddie S. Gill Bro. Jean ‘J.B.’ Glaure Bro. Donnie Glenn Bro. John Graham Bro. Cordell Gray Sis. Jackie Grier

Bro. Samuel L. Hall Bro. Oscar Hammond Unique Lady Bettye Harris Bro. Cicero Harris Ill Leroy Harris, 33 º Sis. Peggy Harris Sis Darlin Harrison Bro. Fredrick Herring

Sis. Betty Hicks Bro. Jimmie E. Hicks Bro. Charles D. Hill Sis. Sylvia Branch-Hines Bro. Johnnie M. Hinton Bro. Thomas Hinton Bro. James Howie Sis Janie Hood

Ill Jerry Hudson, 33º Bro. Bennie Hughes Bro. Willie Hunter Bro. Milton Ingram Sis. Belinda C. Jackson Bro. Frank Jackson Bro. George Jackson Ill. James Jackson, 33º

Bro. William H. Jackson Sis. Marie Jacobs Sis. Ruthie M. James Sis. Quennie James Bro. Clarence Johnson Jr Sis. Lillie Johnson Sis. Ollie Johnson Bro. William Johnson

Sis. Deborah Keaton Sis. Mary F. Keaton Sis. Arqulia “Qulia” King Sis. Olivia Kirk Bro. Henry Kirkley Bro. George H. Kraft Bro. Ivan Landrum Bro. Jesse Laney

Sis. Louvenia M. Lee Bro. Benard Leighton Bro. Henry LeFerve Sis. Lena Lindsay Sis. Beatrice Little Bro. James Little Bro. Leroy Little, Sr.

I Am Not There… Do not stand by my grave and weep For I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am diamonds that glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hush I am the swift uplifting rush of butterflies in joyous flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die.

Sis. Nola Lockhart Sis. Thomasina Lowery Bro. George E. Loveless, III Ill Willie R. Mack, Jr. 33 º Bro. James Malone Bro. James Martin Bro. Leroy Martin Sis. Virginia Mayhew

Bro. John McAllister Bro. Charlie McDonald Bro. Spofford McIllwain Bro. James E. McKinney Sis. Lucy McKenzie Bro. Nathaniel McKnight Bro. Christopher McRae

Sis. Mary Middleton Bro. Sam Mikerson, Jr. Bro. William McCauley Bro. Henry L. McCollum Bro. William McCullers Bro. Carl E. Moody Bro. Marvin C. Moore Bro. Spofford McIllwain

Bro. Sherman Moncrieffe Bro. L.C. Murrell Bro. Hugh Nelson Sis. Jessie Nunn Sis. Jacqueline O’ Neal Bro. Roosevelt Pepper Sis. Iris A. Phillips

Sis. Louise Pickney Sis Vera Pigford Bro. Alex Jean – Pierre Bro. Clark Perry Bro. Jacqueline Pitts Sis. Carrie M. Pruitt Bro. Tommy L. Pugh

Bro. George L. Pulliam Sis. Bonnie H. Redfearn Sis. Zaddie B. Redfearn Sis. Josephine Roberts Bro. Horace F. Robinson Bro. John Rowell Sis. Adelle Russell Unique Lady Faynell Shaw

Bro. Andrew Sanders Sis. Emma Scott Bro. Walter D. Shaw Bro. Robert H. Shelton Sis. Juanita Simmonds Sis. Opal C. Simmons Bro. Fred Sims Sis. Dorothy Singleton

Sis. Leporia H. Smith Bro. Thomas Stevenson Sis. Flora Stokes Sis. Charlotte Sturdivant Ill John Sturdivant 33 º Bro. Joseph Turner Bro. Calvin Turner

Unique Lady Harriet Underwood Ill John Underwood, 33º Bro. Sam Walker Sis. Margaret Watson Bro. Willie Weddle, Jr. Bro. Ray Leonard Weddington Bro. Ruben Wells Sis. Sally Wheatley

Bro. Lonnie Williams Sis. Lillie Wilson Sis. Mary White Bro. Herman Willis Bro. Arthur L. Woodard Sis. Mary Woods Bro. Preston Woods Bro. Charlie Young

~FANTASY OF FLIGHT~ A candle that burns, flickers its light A lingering moment, is lost into the night The sweet scent of a fragrant rose How quickly it comes but slowly it goes Searching, finding, not knowing what Relying on wisdom, long ago taught The mystery of life, is time at a glance Toil along slowly, taking time for a dance Sunrise, sunset, daytime or night Fly little butterfly on your fantasy of flight by Dale Whipple

The Late Unique Lady Gwendolyn Evans The Most Ancient Worthy Grand Matron

The Late Ill. Windell Daniels, 33 º The Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander