Grand Senior Deacon of Virginia

 

 

James Edward Litten

 

James Edward Litten was born in New Market, Virginia, on April 17, 1940. He graduated from Mount Jackson High School in 1958 and attended the American Disc Jockey School in Norfolk, Virginia from 1961 - 1962. From 1962 to 1969, Brother Litten was employed in radio communication, working in Virginia, Texas, and Pennsylvania. He owned and operated Community Broadcasting, Inc. in Stuart, Virginia, from 1969 until 1986. Since 1986, he has been in the real estate business; and from 1989 until the present, owns and operates as broker, Jim Litten Real Estate.

 

Brother Litten was made a Master Mason in Mountain Home Lodge No. 263 on September 25, 1987. He is a Life Member in Perpetuity and served as its Worshipful Master in 1992 and 2007 and is currently the Secretary. He was District Deputy Grand Master in Masonic District No. 39 in 2004. He was the Administrative Assistant to the Grand Master in 1997 and Grand Pursuivant in 2001. He served on the Grand Lodge Committee on Unfinished Business and is the Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of Ohio, near Virginia. He was elected Grand Senior Deacon in November 2011.

 

He is an active member and Deacon of Stuart Baptist Church, where he has served on the Pastor Search, Pulpit, Long Range Planning, and Apple Butter Committees. Brother Litten is married to the former Ann Crocker of Smithfield, Virginia, and they have two daughters, Cynthia Holt and her husband, Roland; and Denise Stirewalt and her husband, Gene; four grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild.