Robert C. Brunk

Home Council:		Ennis Council No. 81
Year Served:		2022

Barry has served masonry in Texas through a multitude of honorable positions in York Rite and Appendant Bodies. Barry is a proud 50-year Member of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Barry was made a Master Mason in 1967 at Clinton Lodge #23 and served as Worshipful Master or other offices in the following Lodges: Stanfield # 217 (1972), Ennis #369 (1976 and 1978), Chambers Creek #499 (1994, 1995 and 2005), Bardwell #1054 (2014 and 2018), Ferris #460 (2019). Barry also served as DDGM for PGM Tom Land (1981) and PGM Fred Allen (1991), DEO (1990), DCO (1992). He is also a member of Ocean #230 and Phoenix #275. Barry is also a very active Companion and has served as PHP of Ennis Chapter #135 and PTIM of Ennis Council #81. He currently serves the Grand Chapter and Grand Council as a member of the Committee on Work (2018-2022) and has served as Grand Marshal of the Grand Chapter for Tom Snyder (2012). He received the Purple Service award in 2014 and the Golden Keystone Award in 2018. He is a Past Commander of Tancred Commandery #82. Barry is retired from Ennis Business Forms after 37 years of service as a CPA where he resided in Ennis, Texas from 1973 through 2020. He now resides with our Most Illustrious Grand Master and his wife in Hudson Oaks, Texas. Barry enjoys traveling with his son to many Masonic Meetings and is also a member of several appendant Masonic organizations (AMD, St. Thomas of Acon, SEM, Red Cross of Constantine, KYCH, Knights Preceptor, Order of High Priesthood, Order of the Silver Trowel, Shriners, KCCH with Scottish Rite, etc.)

The Grand Master’s mother Jajuana Joy Hudson (Deceased) was a Retired Nurse whose Great Grandfather was also a mason (James Allen Hudson) who relocated to East Texas from Upson County Georgia after the Civil War. It was said he had a limp from an injury during the war and carried a very unusual cane for walking.

Masonry is aligned with Family for our Most Illustrious Grand Master. His paternal grandfather was also a York Rite Mason who served as Worshipful Master in 1955 at Tyre #798 and a member of Clinton #23. He also was a Shriner, a Scottish Rite, Capitular and Cryptic Mason. Our Grand Master has several family members who have served in multiple Masonic offices and stations throughout Texas, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. The Most Illustrious Grand Master is married to Sonia H. Brunk (Member of Waco Beauceant) for 23 wonderful and loving years. They have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. Family is an important aspect of everyday life for our Grand Master and without Family, his life is not fulfilled. Family is intertwined with Masonry and is generational. His family enjoys seeing the regalia of our organizations and have expressed a desire to be part of our festivities and fellowship.

Our Most Illustrious Grand Master lived in Dallas and Denton from 1969-1973 and in Ennis, Texas from 1973 through 1988, graduating in 1987 from Ennis High School. He studied Music at Navarro College and then Sam Houston State University. He is a member of the Sigma Chi social fraternity at Sam Houston State. Our Most Illustrious Grand Master has worked in the Hospitality Industry for the last 34 years in various positions of Management and Consultation. He is currently employed with Choice Hotels International as Area Director Franchise Services.

Our Most Illustrious Grand Master has served in many capacities of Masonry. He has been embodied around Masonry for most of his life and was encouraged by those around him who were Masons.

His affiliations with the Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Texas:

Raised as a Master Mason in 2010 at Ennis #369
Plural Membership with Lake Worth #1410
Worshipful Master – Lake Worth in 2015
DDGM #64-D for Tommy Chapman in 2018
Member of the Special Assignments Committee in 2017
Charter Member of Sweet Home #576
Member of Phoenix #275
Charter Member of Ocean #230

His affiliations with the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Texas:

Exalted to a Royal Arch Mason in 2010
MEHP for Ennis Chapter #135 in 2015/2016
Grand Master of the 2nd Veil in 2017
Grand Master of the 1st Veil in 2018
Plural Member with Goodnight-Loving Chapter #75 in 2018
DDGHP Dist. #15 in 2019 for Joe Schriever
Membership Committee from 2016-2019
Finance Committee from 2018-2020

His affiliations with the Grand Council R.&S.M. of Texas:

Greeted as a Royal and Select Master in 2010
Super Excellent Master in 2010
TIM for Ennis Council #81 in 2016/2017
DDGM Dist. #15 for Reese Harrison, Jr. in 2018
Plural Member with Goodnight-Loving #47 in 2018
Grand Representative of the Grand Council of Oklahoma in 2020
Charter Member of Robert Morriss Elgin Council #415 in 2021

His affiliations with the Grand Commandery K.T. of Texas:

Knighted in Dallas for Tancred #82 in 2010
Eminent Commander Tancred #82 in 2017
Affiliated with Weatherford #51 (2018 and serves as Senior Warden 2022) and Dallas #6 (2017 – demitted 2020)
Appointed Grand Representative of the Grand Commandery of New York in 2018
Committees: Planning for Next Conclave, 2017-2020, Long-Range Planning (Chairman 2017 and 2018) and member of the Audit Committee 2019-2020, Grand Officers Reports 2022

Other Masonic Affiliations:

Trinity York Rite College #154 in 2014 – Treasurer 2021/2022
Knights Preceptor – 2017
Robert Bruce Brannon AMD #275 (Past Sovereign Master 2020)
Worth Shamrock Knight Masons – 2018
Texas Priory #23, K.Y.C.H. – 2018
Scottish Rite Dallas Valley 2010 – Ellis County 30th Degree Team 2010-2012
St. Timothy Conclave Red Cross of Constantine – 2019
Order of High Priesthood – 2016
Order of the Silver Trowel – 2016
Shriners International – Moslah 2020 (Car-Vettes Unit – Sec / Treasurer 2022)
St. Thomas of Acon – St. Timothy Chapel Charter Member – 2018
Tarrant County York Rite Association
Texas York Rite Association
The Worshipful Society of Free Masons (Operatives) – 2020

Robert C. “Bob” Brunk

Home Council:		Ennis Council No. 81
Year Served:		2022

Most Illustrious Grand Master Robert C. Brunk was born in Henderson, Texas in 1969 and is a Third Generation Texas York Rite Mason. Masonry is in his Family lineage. He is the youngest son of Barry Dean Brunk, Sr. A prominent Texas York Rite Mason who was born in Millwall, East London England in 1945. Barry has served masonry in Texas through a multitude of honorable positions in York Rite and Appendant Bodies. Barry is a proud 50-year Member of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Barry was made a Master Mason in 1967 at Clinton Lodge #23 and served as Worshipful Master or other offices in the following Lodges: Stanfield # 217 (1972), Ennis #369 (1976 and 1978), Chambers Creek #499 (1994, 1995 and 2005), Bardwell #1054 (2014 and 2018), Ferris #460 (2019). Barry also served as DDGM for PGM Tom Land (1981) and PGM Fred Allen (1991), DEO (1990), DCO (1992). He is also a member of Ocean #230 and Phoenix #275. Barry is also a very active Companion and has served as PHP of Ennis Chapter #135 and PTIM of Ennis Council #81. He currently serves the Grand Chapter and Grand Council as a member of the Committee on Work (2018-2022) and has served as Grand Marshal of the Grand Chapter for Tom Snyder (2012). He received the Purple Service award in 2014 and the Golden Keystone Award in 2018. He is a Past Commander of Tancred Commandery #82. Barry is retired from Ennis Business Forms after 37 years of service as a CPA where he resided in Ennis, Texas from 1973 through 2020. He now resides with our Most Illustrious Grand Master and his wife in Hudson Oaks, Texas. Barry enjoys traveling with his son to many Masonic Meetings and is also a member of several appendant Masonic organizations (AMD, St. Thomas of Acon, SEM, Red Cross of Constantine, KYCH, Knights Preceptor, Order of High Priesthood, Order of the Silver Trowel, Shriners, KCCH with Scottish Rite, etc.)

The Grand Master�s mother Jajuana Joy Hudson (Deceased) was a Retired Nurse whose Great Grandfather was also a mason (James Allen Hudson) who relocated to East Texas from Upson County Georgia after the Civil War. It was said he had a limp from an injury during the war and carried a very unusual cane for walking.