2.2.5 Interment of non-master masons

No subordinate lodge shall inter a person not a Master Mason with Masonic honors, or unite in his funeral as a lodge.
See Decision Nos. 13, 68, 86.

Related Decisions

No. 13. Chapter Or Commandery Funerals

Decision: It is in the discretion of the Master whether his lodge shall join in the funeral procession of a brother whose remains are to be buried by a Chapter or Commandery.

General Regulations, Article II, Sec. 2.2.5. November 15, 1869. (Doyle, GM)

No. 68. Authorized Funeral Ceremonies

Decision: I held that it was improper to permit an officer or member of any other organization (in this case a Commandery), at a funeral conducted by a lodge, to pronounce any portion of the burial service of such other organization, and that the service as laid down in "The Freemason Burial Office" should be strictly adhered to.

General Regulations, Article II, Sec. 2.2.5. May 21, 1917. (Scott, GM)

No. 86. Masonic Memorial Service And Cremains

Decision: A Masonic Memorial Service can be performed by a lodge for a member in good standing when the remains of the brother are to be cremated and those cremated remains (cremains) are to be scattered.

General Regulations, Article II, Sec. 2.2.5. November 19, 1988. (Carpenter, GM)