I was talking to four Freemasons this week about both Robinett and Vickers. They indicated that when a mason is removed from the organization every mention of them is purged for all records. That could MEAN, in the case of Vickers that is what happened to him and why I cannot find where he was raised. BUT, then why was he buried in a Masonic cemetery?
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Friday, April 29, 2011
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Robert Stroud (yes, the Bird Man of Alcatraz), a non-Mason, is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Metropolis, IL.
ReplyDeleteStory has it his sister was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a Masonic widow, and after she claimed Stroud's body, it was interred at her request in the cemetery.
Depending on the jurisdiction (That would be the Grand Lodge of the particular state where the cemetery resides), rules can change and the kickoff point for that search would be the Lodge that maintains the cemetery or the Grand Historian for that state's Grand Lodge.
Bro Warren PSGM, Grand Lodge of NJ