Temple History
The name Kemet was unanimously voted on by the members. Kemet was the most advanced ancient civilization in Egypt. The word Kemet means “Black Land”, so named for the rich dark soil along the Nile River where the first settlements began.
On January 30th, 2021 history was made, when Kemet Temple No. 263, was officially chartered by the Imperial Potentate John T. Chapman.
The charter members are:
- Cedric G. Amey
- Gerald Battle
- Willard N. Beach, Jr.
- Damien Beard
- Lonnell Belcher
- Henry Brown
- Marcus A. Clark
- Benjamin Coleman
- Robert Cooper
- Ervin E. Covington, Sr.
- Roderick Dailey
- Marc Evans
- Maurice Evans
- Raymond G. Fefee III
- Quentin Gatling
- Ronald Gee, Jr.
- Bobby Glenn
- Philip T. Gibson
- Dennis Graham
- Gregory Hall
- Francis Harris
- Dennis J. Hines
- Glenn R. James
- Bryan Johnson
- Jerone Jones
- Eric Joyner
- Raymond Kinlaw
- Jason Luter
- Roderic Mauldin
- Kenneth F. Nicholson
- Calvin Orr
- David M. Pollard II
- Andre Prewitt
- Tyrell D. Prout
- Anthony Richardson
- Kenneth Qualls
- Deshawn Smith
- Danelo Sobers
- Donnell Troy, Sr.
- Lavelle Walton
- Kamaal Williams
- Leon Williams
Kemet’s first class deemed themselves “Warrior of Ma’at” and consisted of the following Nobles:
- Preston McGilvery
- Rahman-Rahim Ba’th
- Shannon Vance-Corbett
- Selwyn A. Roberts
- Ivory Traynham
- Alex Rice
- Jason Luter
- Lonnell Belcher
- Roosevelt Rogers
- Henry Brown
- Daniel Flack
