STEVE M. NORRIS
Steve M. Norris was born June 26th,1961 in Conway, Horry County, South Carolina and raised on his family’s tobacco farm in the Hickmans Crossroads community of Brunswick County, North Carolina. He attended public schools and graduated from Coastal Carolina Community College with a degree in Surveying Technology. He is professional Land Surveyor Licensed in North & South Carolina and a partner in the firm of Norris & Ward Land Surveyors, P.A. in Calabash, NC. Steve and his wife Traci have three daughters. They are members of Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church.
He began his masonic travels in 1982 when he petitioned Shallotte Lodge #727 AF & AM in Shallotte, NC. He was appointed Junior Steward of his lodge in 1983. He became a Certified Lecturer in 1985 and was appointed District Deputy Grand Lecturer in 1986, a position he held for 5 years. He served as Master of his lodge in 1989 and was appointed District Deputy Grand Master that same year. During 1989, he also joined the Wilmington Valley Scottish Rite and crossed the hot sands of Sudan Shriners in Roanoke Rapids at the Fall Ceremonial that same year. He joined Brunswick County Shrine Club and served as its President in 1993. In 1994, he joined the York Rite of Wilmington and also became the first president of the newly chartered South Brunswick Islands Shrine Club. In 1995, Illustrious Sir Bobby Womble appointed Steve as Shrine Club Coordinator for Sudan Shriners. He held that position for 5 years and in 2000, he was elected to serve on the Board of Trustees. He resigned this position at the Winter Ceremonial in New Bern January 2004 to accept the appointment as Outer Guard from Potentate-Elect Brack Wilson. He was elected Potentate of Sudan Shriners on January 28, 2012.
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