JIM LITTEN OF STUART HAS BEEN ELECTED GRAND SENIOR DEACON AT THE GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA RECENTLY HELD IN RICHMOND,VA.

" LITTEN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN HOME MASONIC LODGE IN STUART FOR 24 YEARS AND HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS MASONIC AWARDS. THE ELECTION PUTS LITTEN IN LINE TO BECOME GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN VIRGINIA IN THE YEAR 2016. IN THE 115 YEAR HISTORY OF MOUNTAIN HOME LODGE, LITTEN IS ONLY THE SECOND MEMBER TO BE ELECTED TO THE GRAND LINE OF OFFICERS. ALAN WAYNE ADKINS, FORMER ADMINISTRATOR AT R. J. REYNOLDS-PATRICK COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WAS GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN VIRGINIA IN 1997 AND LITTEN SERVED AS HIS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. SINCE THAT TIME, LITTEN RECEIVED THE JOHN BLAIR, JR. AWARD IN 2001 AS THE OUTSTANDING MASON OF THE YEAR IN VIRGINIA, SERVED AS GRAND PURSUIVANT IN 2001, AND WAS DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF MASONS FOR DISTRICT 39 IN 2004. LITTEN ALSO SERVED AS MASTER OF MOUNTAIN HOME LODGE IN 1992 AND AGAIN IN 2007. LITTEN WAS FORMER OWNER OF WHEO RADIO IN STUART AND HAS OWNED HIS OWN REAL ESTATE AGENCY SINCE 1986. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE PATRICK COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE."