Col. Clay Masonic Lodge #159 F&AM
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday to our December born brethren:
Jason Day Baker
Robert Redge Bert
W. Howard Goodrich, Jr.
Ricky G. Gross
Gregory Wilton Kilburn
James Kohl
Keith Wayne McNeese
Keith Ray Osborne
Francis Finton Schnurr
William Otto Smith, Jr.
Rabert Albert Winter, Jr
Jaosn Michael Wright
ANNUAL AUDIT
Monday, 01 December 2025, 7:00 p.m.All officers and audit committeemen are expected to attend. All interested members are also welcome
ANNUAL MEETING
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Monday, 08 December 2025, 7:30 p.m.
All committees shall report on their activities for the year. Elections will be held for all offices. If you wish to hold an office, but cannot attend, call the Master or Secretary and let them know.
OPEN INSTALLATION
Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 7:30 p.m.
The lodge will hold a public installation of officers for the 2025-2026 year. Friends and family are invited to attend and see some of what Freemasonry is about. Plan now to attend and show your support for these incoming officers!
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
Dinner starts at 5:45 p.m.
Santa arrives about 7:00 p.m.
WE NEED RESERVATIONS! CALL THE SECY NO LATER THAN SUNDAY, 30 NOVEMBER at (859) 586-9041 OR YOU MAY BE LEFT OUT! WE NEED THE FOLLOWING INFO: Name, Number of Adults, Child Age and Sex
SECRETARY'S CORNER
2026 DUES ARE $76 AND ARE NOW DUE
2026 dues notices are out payments have already started coming in (thank you). Remember, paper dues cards are now a thing of the past. (FYI, GL dues will increase $1 next year.)
CHRISTMAS BASKET DELIVERIES
Saturday, 13 December 2025
Deliveries start at 9:00 a.m.
Boys Home Dinner at 11:00 a.m.
Remember, we need help to deliver fruit baskets to this year's shut-ins. We also need help chaperoning the Children’s Homes Christmas dinner and party from about 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
IN MEMORIAM
EDWARD COLEMAN FURLONG, JR.
Born............................... 03 September 1939
Initiated.................................. 18 March 1965
Passed...................................... 06 May 1965
Raised...................................... 19 June 1965
Died..................................... 29 October 2025
Degrees received in Unity Lodge No. 478
Sixty Year Member
Well done, thou good and faithful servant!
PRAYER LIST / ILL AND SHUT-INS
DANIEL LEE COLEMAN
Ivy Knoll
800 Highland Avenue, Room 316
Covington, KY 41011-4003
CAROL JO CRAWFORD
1507 North West 34th Avenue
Cape Coral, FL 33993-9519
WILLIAM PERRY FIELDS
7665 Ewing Boulevard, APT. 238
Florence, KY 41042-2881
WRIGHT HOWARD GOODRICH, JR.
3105 Falmouth Road
Williamstown, KY 41097-4941
EMILY KELLER
1026 Colina Drive
Villa Hills, KY 41017-3741
ARTIE CHARLES KIDWELL
350 E. 16th Street
Covington, KY 41014-1304
RAYMOND ANTHONY ROBINSON
901 Stevenson Road
Erlanger, KY 41018-2520
FRANCIS & PAULA SCHNURR
1028 Bristow Road
Independence, KY 41051-9608
LENORA B. SPICER
Masonic Homes Shelbyville
711 Frankfort Road, Room 105-A
Shelbyville, KY 40065-9477
WILLIAM STANFIELD NALLS, JR & DONNA NALLS
3625 Coral Gables Road
Cincinnati, OH 45248-3132
CHARLES VAN TRIPP
89 Goodridge Drive
Florence, KY 41042-2130
LEWIS NEWMAN TRUITT
436 Victoria Avenue
Ludlow, KY 41016-1446
MICHAEL GIBSON WEST
42 Pinhook Place
Crittenden, KY 41030-7328
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