
The Charter for the Texas Chapter of the Sovereign Order of Knights Preceptor was issued on the 15th Day of August 1994.
NEXT MEETING
Friday, April 18, 2026 immediately following the business session of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Texas.
2025-2026 Officers
Preceptor | Gary Freedman |
Deputy Preceptor | Randall Morris |
Master of Templars | L. Corey Buttram |
Seneschal | T. Chance Chapman |
Prelate | Charles Maddox |
Treasurer | R. Brian Cook |
Recorder | Jeff Bennett |
Marshal | Robert Loflin |
Registrar | Hardy Nevill |
Warden of Regalia | Micah Frost |
Sentinel | Without The Door |
Past Preceptors
1996 | Thurman Pace, Sovereign Grand Preceptor, Presiding |
1997 | Kenneth B. Fisher |
1998 | Paul D. Warren (Deceased) |
1999 | James M. “Jimmy” Wilson, Jr. (Deceased) |
2000 | Alan Rowe |
2001 | Reese L. Harrison, Jr. |
2002 | James P. Smith |
2003 | Wayne Groce |
2004 | Lawrence E. Tucker |
2005 | Glen McCandless |
2006 | William E. Matyastik (Deceased) |
2007 | Robert Collier |
2008 | Charles Hood |
2009 | Clarence J. Laney (Deceased) |
2010 | Gerald Nowotny |
2011 | Jerral F. Knox |
2012 | H. Bart Henderson |
2013 | Jerry Pingle |
2014 | Ray White (Deceased) |
2015 | Jeffery S. Bennett |
2016 | W. David Melear |
2017 | James A. Rodriguez |
2018 | Jackie W. Matthews |
2019 | Richard W. Gaiser |
2020-21 | James Roy Elliott |
2022 | Paul Wunsche |
2023 | Herbert Smith |
2024 | E.E. “Buster” Williams |
2025 | Judge R. Risley |