Desert Rose Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star

Grand Worthy Matron, Estella Akison

Grand Worthy Patron, Franklin Briggs

Desert Rose Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star was organized during a meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 21, 1981 by Bathseba Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star of the Oklahoma Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliation, Grand Worthy Matron Blanche Bruner and Grand Worthy Patron Levi M. Smith, presiding. Past Matron Bobbie J. Atkinson was elected Grand Worthy Matron, and Cranford L. Crawford, Jr. as Grand Worthy Patron.

Desert Rose Grand Chapter consists of five subordinate Chapters. The Grand Chapter holds its annual sessions in conjunction with the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge for the Jurisdiction of Nevada on the first Saturday in the month of June.

Grand Worthy Matrons

Past Matron Bobbie J. Atkinson, elected in 1981, succeeded by:

Past Matron Juanita Jerkins in 1983, succeeded by:

Past Matron Sadie G. Orange in 1985, succeeded by:

Past Matron Queenie E. Cottrell in 1987, succeeded by:

Past Matron Deloris Moore in 1988, succeeded by:

Past Grand Worthy Matron Bobbie J. Atkinson in 1989, succeeded by:

Past Matron Ollie Mitchell in 1990, succeeded by:

Past Matron Gloria H. Freeman in 1991, succeeded by:

Past Matron Tommie Wooden Medlock in 1995, succeeded by:

Past Matron Gladys Collick-Palmer in 1999, succeeded by:

Past Matron June Ward in 2002, suceeded by:

Past Matron Estelle Akison in 2006

Grand Worthy Patrons

Cranford L. Crawford Jr., elected in 1981, succeeded by:

Past Patron Spurgeon Daniels in 1985, succeeded by:

Past Patron Maurice Hall in 1986, succeeded by:

Past Patron Joseph Bell in 1987, succeeded by:

Past Patron Tyrone C. Freeman in 1989, succeeded by:

Past Patron O. Charles Foger in 1995, succeeded by:

Past Patron Odis Ward in 1996, succeeded by:

Franklin Briggs in June 2008 until present.

The elected Grand Chapter officers for 2008 - 2009 are:

Grand Worthy Matron - Past Worthy Matron Estelle Akison

Grand Associate Matron - Past Worthy Matron Tarra Green-Jackson

Grand Conductress - Past Worthy Matron Regina Foger

Grand Associate Conductress – Past Worthy Matron Patricia Armstrong

Grand Treasurer - Past Grand Worthy Matron Gloria H. Freeman

Grand Secretary - Past Worthy Matron Sharon Hickman

Grand Lecturer – Past Grand Worthy Matron Gladys Collick-Palmer

Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence - Antoinette Bobo

The Grand Worthy Patron and Grand Associate Patron, appointed by the Grand Master are:

Grand Worthy Patron, Franklin Briggs

Grand Associate Patron, Donald Veal