elevated you to your position throughout your tenure as a Mason, so that both us and them can follow a true leader. I want to just tell you that you are a humble man, and DGM Baker we appreciate you. Before we end the inter- view, I want to pass the microphone to our Most Worship- ful Grand Master, Bro. Ralph Slaughter. MWGM Ralph Slaughter : Who is that distinguished gentleman there? I just wanted to call him in and express my sincere appreciation and that of the Grand Lodge for the work that has been done by our Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master James Earl Baker. He has been a tremendous asset to me and to the Grand Lodge. We work together extremely well as a team, and we travel the state [Louisiana] as we try to keep a pulse on the brothers. Words cannot adequately convey how much I appreciate his service to the Grand Lodge and all the things he has done to assist me. I wanted to record to clearly be noted with my sincere appreciation for his service! DGM James Baker: Thank you, sir! PM Sherman Ruth: Grand Master Slaughter, we thank you for putting us on this path to recognize our Living Legends. I feel like I am an EA again, sitting at the feet of the giants soaking up all this knowledge. I really appreci- ate that! PM Sherman Ruth: Okay. Brother Baker, this is a what I consider time well spent and we do not want to monopo- lize your entire evening and we thank you for sharing this evening with us again. This interview is going to go down in the history books and will be featured in a future edition of the Plumb Line. We are going share a transcribed edition of this interview with the entire body, everyone within the Jurisdiction of the MWPHGL of Louisiana. So, we look forward to that. Also, we are going to place this video in the Grand Lodge Archive, and we plan to post it our YouTube channel so
that our brothers and sisters can see this interview in its entirety. Rest assured that your name and likeness will live on forever, even with people that may not have met you in person, even to some that have not been born yet. They will know who James Earl “ Bull ” Baker was. Brother Baker, we appreciate you and we cannot thank you enough! If I had 10,000 tongues, I would thank you in each one. This interview was definitely time well spent and if you have any closing remarks you would like to give us, I yield the microphone back to you. The floor is yours Bro. Baker. DGM James Baker: I thought it was a prank call at first! I said to myself, “ there ain ’ t no legends around here. ” [laughs] But this is a great reward to know that people feel that way about me. I am really pleased, elated, and feeling good. I want to thank all of you for this time and I don't want to monopolize yours either. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. PM Sherman Ruth: You are welcome! And with that, this concludes our interview. Again, Brother Baker we thank you so very much. We wish you Godspeed and know the MWPHGL of Louisiana is here for you and we appreciate all the leadership that you provided us over the years. With that, committee, we will conclude the interview and close out with a prayer. Can we all assume attitude of prayer. Father God thank you for allowing us to carry on the work of the MWPHGL of Louisiana, especially with our Living Legend series. Father God, we ask you to bless each and every one of us, especially our guest of honor tonight with prosperity, health, and wealth Father God. It is these and all blessings we asked him to darling son Jesus ’ name. Let us all say Amen.
Brothers present for the interview
MWGM Dr. Ralph Slaughter
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• Bro. Treven Lagerman, PM, # 163 • Bro. Howard Matthews, #163 • Bro. CJ Raymond, #114 • Bro. Sherman Ruth, PM, #261 • Bro. Walter Simmons, Jr., PM, #148
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