Fort Hunt-Skidmore Daytime Lodge No. 353 A.F. & A.M.

                                                              Springfield, Virginia

Fort Hunt Daytime Lodge No. 353, A. F. & A. M. was formed to help meet a need of the older/ retired Masons living in the Belleview/ Mount Vernon/ Fort Belvoir area of Fairfax County. Many of these brethren enjoy the fellowship of the Masonic Lodge and for that reason alone Fort Hunt Daytime Lodge No. 353 was created.

A dispensation for Fort Hunt Daytime Lodge, U. D. was granted by Most Worshipful Lloyd Ulrich Jefferson in February 1982 and the lodge charter granted at Grand Lodge on February 15, 1983.

Although only four candidates have been raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason; the Lodge enjoys a good reputation for fellowship and turns out between 40 to 60 Masons at its stated meetings. The Lodge has one stated meeting per month generally with a guest speaker, the necessary business followed by a light lunch served by the brethren. The fellowship is excellent and many of the brethren visit the other daylight lodge in the Northern Virginia area and also visit Manasseh Lodge No. 182, in Manassas that holds a daylight meeting each month.

The lodge meets in the Mount Vernon Masonic Temple, 8717 Fort Hunt Road in the Mount Vernon district of historical Fairfax County; on the original land tract of Brother George Washington. The stated meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 11:00 A.M.

List of the Charter Officers:

Worshipful Edward John Gondella- Worshipful Master

Worshipful Norris Cleveland Dockins- Senior Warden

Brother John William Tillery- Junior Warden

Worshipful Clinton Charles Morningstar- Treasurer

Brother Ernest Henry Carr- Secretary

Brother Donald Ray Williams- Senior Deacon

Brother William Saul Cole- Junior Deacon

Brother Clifford Sheldon Thurman- Chaplain

Brother Robert Dusne Copeland- Senior Steward

Brother Gilbert Stanley White, Jr.- Junior Steward

List of Officers for 1988:

Gilbert Stanley White, Jr. Worshipful Master

William Ashley Beverly- Senior Warden

James Emil Schultz- Junior Warden

John Ashby Mitchell, Jr. Treasurer

Robert Howard Wallace- Secretary

William Frederick Carrol Davis- Senior Deacon

Nathan Edward Acree- Junior Deacon

Clifford Sheldon Thurman, PM- Chaplain

Raymond Bradford Butts- Senior Steward

Clarence Milburn McIntosh, Jr., PM-Junior Steward

Manville Carnell Payne- Marshal

Thomas Graves- Tiler