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The
NORTH
CAROLINA
MASON
Official Publication of The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of North Carolina
VOL. XCV, NO. 7
Oxford, North Carolina 27565, July, 1970
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
William J. Bundy, P.G.M., Dies Suddenly
The members of the Masonic Craft
and the North Carolina public generally
were shocked at the news of the sudden
death of Most Worshipful William J.
Bundy, Past Grand Master, who died in
Stavanger, Norway, on June 27, 1970.
Brother Bundy was on a tour with a,
group of Shriners at the time of his
death.
Funeral services were held in Jarvis
Memorial United Methodist Church,
Greenville, N. C. on Sunday, July 5 at
3 P.M. Reverend Troy Barrett, Pastor,
conducted the services, assisted by Dr.
Edgar -.JR, ■ Fisher and the Reverend
Brother Adrian E. Brown, Sr., both of
whom are former pastors of Jarvis
Memorial Church.
At the conclusion of the services in
the church, the remains were conveyed
to the Greenwood Cemetery in Green
ville, where they were interred with
Masonic Honors. M.'.W.’. Robert L.
Pugh, P.G.M., conducted the ceremony,
assisted by W.'.A. D. Leon Gray, P. M.,
and Assistant Grand Chaplain.
Pallbearers were M.’.W.’.W. Edward
Burner, P.G.M.; M.'.W.‘.Robert N.
Bass, Jr., P.G.M.; M.'.W.'.James W.
Brewer, P.G.M. and Grand Treasurer;
W.'.Leslie H. Garner, Grand Steward;
M.'.W.'.Charles A. Harris, P.G.M., and
Grand Secretary; M.'.W.‘.William A.
Hooks, P.G.M.; M.'.W.'. Alfred A.
Kafer, Jr., P.G.M.; and M.'.W.'.Harvey
W. Smith, P.G.M.
Brother Bundy is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Ruth Carson Bundy, a daugh
ter, Mrs. Robert Glover of Rocky
Mount; his mother, Mrs. J. T, Bundy,
of Farmville; one brother, Sam Bundy
of Farmville; and two grandchildren.
William James Bundy was born near
Farmville, Pitt County, North Carolina,
on February 19, 1900, a son of the late
James T. Bundy and Huldah Gay Bundy.
He attended Bynum Public School
and Farmville High School, where he
earned the personal appellation of
“Dick.” After graduation he worked for
one year for W. M. Long Company. He
William L. Ramsey, Sr.
Killed In Auto Accident
Brother William Lee (Bill) Ramsey,
Sr., 75, of Fayetteville, was killed in an
automobile accident near Greenville,
Sunday, July 5, while returning home
after attending the funeral of M.'.W.'.
William J. Bundy, P.G.M.
Funeral services were held at 3 P.M.,
Thursday, July 9, in the Hay Street
United Methodist Church, Fayetteville,
N. C. Burial with Masonic Rites was in
the Lafayette Memorial Park.
Brother Ramsey was a retired furni
ture factory representative and a mem
ber of the Fayetteville Rotary Club.
He was a Past Grand Commander of
the Grand Commandery of North Car-
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M.'.W.'."WILLIAM J. BUNDY, P.G.M.
1900-1970
enrolled in Trinity College in 1918 and
was awarded the degree of Bachelor of
Arts in 1922.
He served as Principal of the Pine-
town High School in Beaufort County
and Assistant Principal of Bethel High
School for one year each. He then
studied law at the Cumberland Univer
sity Law School in Lebanon, Tennessee,
and completed the Wake Forest Law
School in the summer of 1925. He passed
the State Bar Examination in August,
1925. He returned to the public school
and served as Principal of Speed High
School in Edgecombe County for one
year. In June, 1926 he returned to
Bethel, where he started his practice of
law. He moved his law office to Green
ville in 1927 and his residence in 1930.
After serving as District Solicitor for
seven years, he was appointed Judge
of the Superior Court and was re-elected
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Historic Bible Presented
To Grand Lodge
An event of historic significance
occured during the last Annual Com
munication of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina in Durham when the
Bible which was used when the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina was organized
in Tarboro, N. C. in 1787, was presented
to the Grand Lodge by Brother Tom A.
Collins of Tarboro, North Carolina.
This is one of the most significant
acquisitions made by the Grand Lodge
in many a year and the officials of the
Grand Lodge of North Carolina are loud
in their expressions of gratification in
having acquired a Bible so closely rela
ted to the beginning of the Grand
Lodge of A.F.&A.M. in North Carolina.
According to reports. Most Worship
ful James W. Brewer, (jrand Treasurer
and Past Grand Master was making a
speech in Tarboro at Concord Lodge No.
58 and presenting 50 year veteran’s em
blems, sometime last year and at the
conclusion of the meeting in which the
speech was made Brother Tom A, Col
lins of Tarboro approached him and
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