Leadership
ABIFF LODGE 21
Worshipful Master
Bryan Barnhill
Senior Warden
James Gilmore III
Junior Warden
Michael L. Davis
Past Masters:
The following 67 men have served Abiff Lodge #21 PHA honorably as Worshipful Master and now are designated the title of Past Master:
William H. Jackson 1920, 1923-24 (1st & 4th) PGM Clanton Dawson 1963 (26th) Curtis Burch 1990 (48th)
Benjamin Benson 1921 (2nd) Fred L. Williams 1964, 1966 (27th & 29th) Freddy McDonald 1991-92 (49th)
Fred D. Haynes 1922, 1929 (3rd & 7th) Anthony H. Quarker 1965 (28th) Rudy V. Jenkins 1993 (50th)
Phillip W. Gordon 1925 (5th) Thomas F. Hall 1967 (30th) Pierre Chatman 1994 (51st)
Charles Randall 1926-28 (6th) Jimmie L. Fowler 1968 (31st) Elijah Porter 1995-96 (52nd)
Clarence A. Mason 1930-32, 1938 (8th & 10th) PGM John W. Blackburn 1969 (32nd) George N. Anthony 1997-98 (53rd)
Walter S. Cye 1933-37, 1948 (9th & 15th) Wilmo McCollum 1970 (33rd) David B. Valentine 1999-2001 (54th)
Theodore Barnes 1939-40 (11th) Carlton Johnson 1971 (34th) Dorian M. Smith 2002-03 (55th)
James H. Farmer 1941-42 (12th) Joseph Reece, Jr. 1972 (35th) Clarence C. Marshall 2004-05 (56th)
Roger W. Pryor 1943-46 (13th) Mark Smith, Sr. 1973-74 (36th) Carlton K. McAfee 2006-07 (57th)
Cyrus R. Dillon 1947 (14th) Lonzo L. Levy 1975 (37th) Darnell Green 2008 (58th)
Orien D. Barlow 1949-50 (16th) Frank E. Hall 1976 (38th) Clarence Lee 2009-10 (59th)
Wesley N. Doyle 1951-52 (17th) John Anderson 1977-78 (39th) Michael Mosley 2011(60th)
Waynard H. Jones 1953 (18th) Robert Blackwell 1979-80 (40th) Robert J. Ross 2012-2014 (61st)
Clyde Smith 1954-55(19th) William Hodges 1981 (41st) Darrin Flowers 2015 (62nd)
Samuel A. Mayes 1956-57 (20th) Joseph Milton 1982 (42nd) Samuel Jones 2016-2018 (63rd)
Walter Wheatley 1958 (21st) Malcolm Davis 1983 (43rd) Gregory Parker 2019 (64th)
Arley Williams 1959 (22nd) Clarence McKenzie 1984 (44th) Derrick Watson, Jr, 2020-2021(65th)
PGM Peyton Thomas 1960 (23rd) John H. Nunn 1985 (45th) Travis Brown 2022-2023 (66th)
Robert Jefferson 1961 (24th) Robert Calhoun 1986 (46th) Bryan Barnhill 2024- (67th)
A.T. Thomas 1962 (25th) Joseph P. Agnew 1987-89 (47th)
The following Past Masters of Abiff Lodge #21 PHA have been honored to wear the purple of our beloved Fraternity by being elected to various offices of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan:
Past Master Walter S. Cye: Grand Lecturer, Junior Grand
Warden, Senior Grand Warden
Past Master Samuel A. Mayes Grand Lecturer
Past Grand Master Peyton Thomas Senior Grand Deacon, Junior Grand
Warden, Senior Grand Warden, Deputy
Grand Master and Most Worshipful Grand Master (1971-72)
Past Grand Master Clanton N. Dawson Grand Lecturer, Junior Grand Warden,
Senior Grand Warden, Deputy Grand
Master and Most Worshipful Grand Master (1973-74)
Past Master Carlton Johnson Special Deputy Grand Lecturer
Past Grand Master John W. Blackburn Grand Lecturer, Junior Grand Warden,
Senior Grand Warden, Deputy Grand
Master and Most Worshipful Grand Master (1987-89)
Past Master Dorian M. Smith Junior Grand Deacon, Senior Grand Deacon,
Junior Grand Warden, Senior Grand Warden
Deputy Grand Master
Past Master Samuel Jones District Deputy Grand Lecturer