THE BEGINNING OF EDWARDS LODGE #593

Masonic Lodge in Miller county AR.  

Dr. Geraldine Johnson submitted this information from the 1990 Membership Directory.

Edwards Lodge met at the Harmony Grove Church located six miles south of Texarkana, Arkansas on Line Ferry Road. This was a Union Church building with both Methodist and Baptist meeting there on alternate Sundays. 

The old building was a two-story structure with high ceilings. The Masons, Woodman of the World, and Easter Star used the top floor for a lodge room. It was heated by a wood- burning stove. This building has long since been torn down and replaced with a one-story brick church building constructed on the same site. 

The Masons held a 99-year lease on the first building. The Woodman of the World helped the Masons to finish the inside and in turn they were granted a 99-year lease to the building but not the grounds. 

The first meeting of the Edwards Lodge #593 was held July 1^st, 1905. All officers were appointed to temporarily serve for the first meeting. They were: 

J. T MEADOR……Worshipful Master

B. M. ROGERS…….….Senior Warden

J. D. PATE…….……….Junior Warden

Edd Sams……….………Senior Deacon

W. F. Bolin……….…….Junior Deacon

F. M. Davis………….………Treasurer

W. M. Bridges…………….…Secretary

 At this meeting, election of officers was held to guide this new lodge in its travels to become a full-fledged Masonic Lodge, working under the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Arkansas.