Richard Eugene Wrinkle, 32°
    Knight Commander
     Court of Honor
    At its biennial session certain Scottish Rite Masons who have had the 32° at least six years and who have rendered signal service to Masonry, are chosen to recieve the Rank and Decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, at the ration of one KCCH for every fifty 32° Masons created in the state during the preceding two years. This is a Rank and Decoration, and not a degree. The members who hold it are designated "KCCH" . A member must be a KCCH for at least six years before he can be nominated for election to receive the 33°. The decoration is conferred in a very impressive ceremony of investiture. Recommendations for the KCCH and nominations to the Supreme Council for election are made exclusively by the Sovereign Grand Inspector General or Deputy in their respective jurisdiction, and if petitioned for, or asked for, must be refused.

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle  was born on April 5, 1948 in Springfield, Missouri, the second son of Virgil Jasper and Marjorie Bernice Kelly Wrinkle. In 1949 the family moved to Bay City, Michigan where his father was employed as a printer with the daily newspaper. They returned to Missouri in 1955 and, with the exception of military service, Wor. Bro. Wrinkle have resided in Missouri since.
    He is divorced and have two step-daughters and five grandchildren, who he dotes upon. His brother, Charles, is an attorney in the Atlanta area.

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle attended Lebanon Public Schools and graduated in 1966. He then attended Southwest Missouri State College for two years before entering the U S Army. He returned to SMS for a short time before being hired as a Patrolman with the Lebanon Police Department in 1971.

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle began attending night school in 1978 attending Drury College at Ft Leonard Wood and Springfield. He graduated from Drury College receiving an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice Administration (1980), and a Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, in Criminal Justice and History (1981) and attended Webster University’s extension classes at Ft Leonard Wood and received a Masters of Science in Public Administration (1983).

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle served in the U.S. Army on two different occasions: July, 1968/ May 1970 and February 1976/December, 1977. On his first tour I was in a NATO unit as a nuclear weapons specialist assigned to the German Army as an adviser. On his second tour he was a Military Policeman. He also served four years in the Missouri Army National guard as a CID Agent.

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle began his law enforcement career with the Lebanon Police Department in 1971. In 1977 he was assigned as Lebanon’s first Detective. He has also worked for the Laclede County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas City (MO) Police Department. He has been a Patrolman, Sergeant, Detective, Detective Sergeant, Detective Lieutenant, Deputy Sheriff, Captain/Chief Deputy, and a civilian polygraph examiner. He currently currently holds the Office of Sheriff of Laclede County. His office has 52 employees and is comprised of the Patrol Division, Corrections, Court Security/Bailiffs, and the E-911 Dispatch Center. He is  also responsible for a 106 bed jail.

    Wor. Bor Wrinkle attended the Missouri State Highway Patrol Basic Police Course (120 hrs), Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (DEA) Drug School (80 hrs), MSHP Instructor’s School (80 hrs), MSHP Leadership Training (120 hrs), John Reid Interview (40 hrs), Argenbright Polygraph School (320 hrs), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Basic Police (320 hrs), National Sheriff’s Institute (80 hrs), FBI Central States Law Enforcement Executive Development (40 hrs), ATF Post Bomb Investigation (40 hrs), MSHP National Homicide Training School, and additional training through various organizations to total approximately 2800 hours of training.

    He is  licensed in Missouri as a Generalist Instructor for law enforcement training.

    He is on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Sheriff’s Association, COPE Domestic Violence, Citizen’s Corp (Homeland Security), Laclede County Division of Family Services (National Services Board), and the Special Olympics Torch Run.

    "Although I had no idea what it was, I knew that my father always spoke highly of anyone in the Masonic Lodge. I can remember him pointing out men and saying, “He is a 32 Degree Mason”. I didn’t know what that meant, but I knew it meant something to my father. I later learned that he had been initiated into a Lodge in Springfield, but we moved to Michigan and he did not return his proficiency and did not return to the Lodge after we returned to Missouri."

    "I first became a member of a Masonic organization in 1962 when I became a Demolay. The first twelve years I was a police officer I worked nights and forgot about the Masonic bodies. In late 1997 Bro Scotty Joe Moore approached fellow Lebanon Police Officer, now Chief, Sam Mustard and myself about joining the Lodge," said Wor. Bro Wrinkle.

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle petitioned the Lodge and was Initiated on April 6, 1998, Passed on June 9, 1998, and Raised on August 15, 1998. He returned his MM proficiency on September 3, 1998.

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle joined The Valley of Joplin Scottish Rite on March 26, 1999 and the Shrine at the next Ceremonial.

    Wor. Bro. Wrinkle is on the Lebanon Masonic Temple Board, belongs to the 30th Masonic District Ritual Club, Laclede County Scottish Rite Club, 30th Degree Team (2nd Apartment), Valley of Joplin Auditorium Crew, Laclede County Shrine Club, Treasurer of Shrine Keg Patrol, and a Charter Member of the Shrine Hospital Dads.

    He enjoys visiting other lodges and has sat in Plato, Conway, Mack’s Creek, Linn Creek, Waynesville, and Richland Lodges and often attend and if needed assists in their degree work.