Kevin - When I first started in genealogy, I wrote the main or Grand Lodge of Masons in Waco for information about my GG Grandfather, Dennis Newton Hodges, and they wrote back and said they did not have anything. Some months later, a cousin sent me a copy of one of his enrollment cards showing the date he got out of the Masons which was about the time he died. Last year, a man from the Masonic Lodge in Johnson County (S. of Fort Worth) was in town because his wife was having a kind of cancer treatment and he contacted me because he had gotten my name from the officers of the Johnson Co. Historical & Genealogical Society. He knew that Dennis Newton Hodges was a former Grand Master (position like President or Leader) of the Masonic chapter in Johnson County. He wanted his picture as they were trying to ob- tain the pictures of all past Grand Masters for their Lodge Hall. I made him a copy and he paid me for it. He was excited and so am I. The Clayton Library here in Houston has books about Masonic membership for some states. Maybe your library does also? About the end of 1993, I wrote the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn., 1301 W. 7th Street, Fort Worth 76102 about Charles Hodges. They hired C.E. Hodges in 1944 and he retired in 1978. His birth date was given as 1913 and ss# 455-05-6698. He worked as a market inspector, a brand inspector and became Asst. Secretary of the Association in 1953. He died in 1987. Also employed there was Hattie Lucille Hodges. She was hired 1947, retired 1967 and date of birth was 1917, ss# 457-24-6162. The last address in their files is 1201 Harris Avenue, Hurst, TX 76053. They make no mention of whether they were related. I wonder if this Charlie is related to your Charles? From another article they sent me (the obit.) Hattie was his wife. The obit. further states he was born and raised on the Johnny White Ranch in Menard County, Texas. After finishing high school, he worked as a bookkeeper at Union Stockyards in San Antonio. After WWII, he returned to San Antonio to become a brand inspector. In 1946, he was transferred to the Fort Worth headquarters, where he was in charge of market inspection and field work. Later Hodges was assigned to the field inspector force primarily working the Fort worth district. He served under four secretaries and one acting secretary during his TSCRA tenure. Survivors include his wife, Hattie Hodges (a 20-year TSCRA employee); three grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and a niece, Betty Ramsey of Midland. So, you can obtain information about your ancestors from lots of sources besides census and cemetaries. Good hunting! Gerry Hodges Hackley At 07:32 PM 4/22/1999 EDT, you wrote: >I haven't checked the Lampasas County, TX death records specifically for >Charles Hodges but will do so the next time I have the opportunity...same >thing for the land records and probate records there. His obituary states >that he was a Mason and a Democrat. I'm not familiar with Masonic records. >Are you? > >Thanks for your help! > >Kevin McCulloch > > "Gerry" Hodges Hackley 11714 S. Kirkwood Stafford, TX 77477-1308 281/495-6680 Fax:281/560-0595 Researching: HODGES, Gill, Walker, McClain DeBenon, Price, Lack, Ferguson, Howard, Hackley