Married to Carrie for 23 years

Father of three beautiful daughters: Caileigh, Shannon, and Kathleen

Initiated: O.D. Smith Lodge No. 33 (MS) Sept. 1988

Passed: O.D. Smith Lodge No. 33 (MS) Oct. 1988

Raised: O.D.Smith Lodge No. 33 (MS) Nov. 1988

Member:

Prometheus No. 851, San Francisco

Union 6, Washington D.C.

Valley of Nashville A.A.S.R.

Middle Tennessee York Rite Bodies

President of the Masonic Society (2018-2019)

Vice President of the Masonic Restoration Foundation

Published in:

California Freemason Magazine

Scottish Rite Journal

Fraternal Review

Northern Light

Tennessee Encyclopedia of History

Civil War Historian

Noted expert on Masonic aprons and regalia, author and historian, Wor.Bro. Patrick Craddock, Past Master of Conlegium Ritus Austeri No. 779, Nashville.

Craddock, who received his Master of Arts degree (Middle Tennessee State Univ., ’92) and Master of Philosophy (University of Wales - Aberystwyth, ‘01) in history, is a contributing author to Encyclopedia of Tennessee History, C.Van West, ed., as well as a past-curator of exhibits at the Carter House Museum, Franklin, TN. Initiated, Passed, and Raisedin O.D.Smith Lodge No. 33, Oxford, Mississippi, and is a Charter Member and Past Master of Conlegium Ritus Austeri No. 779, Nashville. Additionally he is the owner of The Craftsman’s Apron (www.craftsmansapron.com).