Burton’s selection for top Masonic medal ‘a no-brainer’

  • By Mark Wineka
    mwineka@salisburypost.com
  • Sunday, January 27th, 2013
    From left, Bill Meacham, N.C. Grand Master Dewey Preslar, Floyd Burton and Tommy Eller at the Dec. 20 meeting of the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge in Salisbury. Meacham, Burton and Eller are the only three living Rowan County recipients of the John Montfort Medal.

    From left, Bill Meacham, N.C. Grand Master Dewey Preslar, Floyd Burton and Tommy Eller at the Dec. 20 meeting of the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge in Salisbury. Meacham, Burton and Eller are the only three living Rowan County recipients of the John Montfort Medal.

    Floyd Burton of Salisbury recently received the Joseph Montfort Medal, the highest award that can be given to a Mason by the grand master of North Carolina. Photo by Mark Wineka, Salisbury Post

    Floyd Burton of Salisbury recently received the Joseph Montfort Medal, the highest award that can be given to a Mason by the grand master of North Carolina. Photo by Mark Wineka, Salisbury Post

    Floyd Burton of Salisbury holds his Joseph Montfort medal, the highest award that can be given to a Mason by the grand master of North Carolina. Photo by Mark Wineka, Salisbury Post

    Floyd Burton of Salisbury holds his Joseph Montfort medal, the highest award that can be given to a Mason by the grand master of North Carolina. Photo by Mark Wineka, Salisbury Post

    From left, Bill Meacham, N.C. Grand Master Dewey Preslar, Floyd Burton and Tommy Eller at the Dec. 20 meeting of the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge in Salisbury. Meacham, Burton and Eller are the only three living Rowan County recipients of the John Montfort Medal.

    From left, Bill Meacham, N.C. Grand Master Dewey Preslar, Floyd Burton and Tommy Eller at the Dec. 20 meeting of the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge in Salisbury. Meacham, Burton and Eller are the only three living Rowan County recipients of the John Montfort Medal.

    Mark Wineka/Salisbury Post Floyd Burton of Salisbury recently received the Joseph Montfort Medal, the highest award that can be given to a Mason by the grand master of North Carolina.

    Mark Wineka/Salisbury Post Floyd Burton of Salisbury recently received the Joseph Montfort Medal, the highest award that can be given to a Mason by the grand master of North Carolina.