Friday's Photo: Another Funeral for Mackey Lodge Members

The above photo is another found in Marguerite Cook Clark's collection. I scanned these at her sister's home in Texas several years ago. Palma suggested that this might be a photo taken at the funeral of her great-grandfather, Rev. Thomas Jefferson Martin (left). Thomas Jefferson Martin died on 10 April 1928. I suspect Palma was correct. She knew so much about her mother's photos and files. And her family had the photo. 

This photo is not dated - written in pencil under the photo is simply"Masonic Gathering." Joseph W. Cook, who died in 1934, is in this photo, and Thomas J. Martin is not in the photo, so the date could very well be sometime between 10 April 1928 and 3 August 1934. 

I can identify two men in this photo as I have spent so much time looking at photos from the Martin, Bryan, and Cook families - Joseph W. Cook is # 10, and James Bryan Martin is #22. I hope that other readers can match family to the men in this photo, so I have numbered them and enlarged portions so the men could easily be seen. 

I have also found identifying masonic symbols and other items in the photo. I expect that someone more familiar with Freemasonry might be able to help identify these symbols. 

This is a work in progress, and I will post it again when I can identify more of the men. I have looked at the rolls for the time period suspected and can identify the names of the officers. If you can give names to any of these men or know information about the symbols and items below, please comment below this post, comment on my Facebook page, or send me an email (go to the "About Me" tab at the top of this page). 

The first man (left) and the second man (Joseph W. Cook) are holding rods in the photo to
form an arch (maybe a compass). The third and fourth men in this row are holding tall rods. 

What is the significance of the man's white sash and the open book? One man was holding a gavel, and another holding a closed book. The two symbols were each worn on a ribbon. 

1, 2, 3

4, 5, 6

7, 8, 9

10 Joseph W. Cook, husband of Sarah Catherine "Josie" Bryan, 11, 12

13, 14, 15

16, 17, 18, 19

20, 21, 22 James Bryan Martin

23, 24 (looks like a Martin)

25, 26

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Diana

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Masons at a Funeral, n.d.; digital images held by D. B. Quinn, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas, on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.