F. A. & M., PHA
El Paso, Texas
On the last day of the 27th Grand Communication held in Waco, Texas,
July 18, 1902, a Warrant was issued by J.W. McKinney, the Grand Master
of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., to
S.V. Fuller, the first Worshipful Master of
Pride of the West Lodge #53 in El Paso,
El Paso County, Texas.
The name of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. has undergone
several changes over the years.
1875-1900 Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M.
1901 Most Worshipful Grand Lodge F. & A.M
Circa 1940 Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A. M.
Originally, the number of Lodge 53 was assigned to a lodge working Under Dispensation (U.D.) in Henderson, Texas, Rusk County, in June 1889.
That lodge, Pomegranate Lodge #53, was on rolls several years before it was dropped from the Grand Lodge rolls.
Unlike today, the custom at that time, was to reassign numbers to new lodges. This accounts for Sunset Lodge in El Paso being assigned #76 in 1892, and ten years later, Pride of the West lodge inheriting the number 53 from the defunct Pomegranate Lodge.
Worshipful Master ............................... S.V. Fuller
SeniorJunior Warden ..................... J.W. Shanklin
Junior Warden ............................... J.G. Slaughter
