PAST POTENTATES OF RABIA TEMPLE #8
| *S. Burgess | 1919-1920 |
| *Edward Watson | 1920-1928 |
| *A. Fleming | 1928-1931 |
| *William Schank | 1931-1939 |
| *Samuel M. Davis | 1939-1947 |
| *Samuel M. Davis | 1947-1952 |
| *Burney Wilsbury | 1952-1955 |
| *John Milner | 1955-1963 |
| *K. Thomas | 1963-1968 |
| *George Davis | 1968-1971 |
| *Robert A. Brown | 1971-1973 |
| *Dr. Daniel L. Lauray | 1974-1975 |
| Earl A. Sims | 1975-1976 |
| James B. Dixon | 1977-1978 |
| Russell A. Earl, Sr. | 1979-1980 |
Samuel A. Bolden | 1981-1982 |
Ralph Smith | 1983-1984 |
Donald Wells | 1984-1985 |
Joseph L. Rambert | 1986-1987 |
*Reginald Ferguson, Jr. | 1988-1989 |
John I. Corker | 1990-1991 |
Robert L. Rollins, Sr. | 1991-1992 |
Charles Goodman | 1993-1994 |
Norman Hawkins | 1994-1995 |
Sam C. Major | 1995-1996 |
Willie W. Blackshear, Sr. | 1997-1998 |
| Eddie Taylor | 1998-1999 |
Jesse L. Wilcox | 2000-2001 |
Donovan F. Trimble | 2002-2003 |
Earl A. Dennis | 2004-2005 |
Willie Blackshear, Sr. | 2006-2007 |
| Louis T. Harper | 2007-2009 |
| Anthony L. Ross, Sr. | 2009-Present |
HONORARY PAST POTENTATES
Selecte Nobles, recognized for exemplary service by the membership, received the title of Honorary Past Potentate. This degree also allows them to receive all the honors and privileges of an elected Illustrious Potentate.
| *D.W. Perkins | 1943 |
| *Robert P. Stewart | 1943 |
| *Eddy Ford | 1979 |
| *Johnne L. Jackson | 1979 |
| *Joseph S. Coppock, Jr. | 1979 |
| Sollie Mitchell | 1983 |
| *E.B. Dufee | 1983 |
| Robert L. Brown | 1985 |
| Thomas Dow | 1986 |
| *Adam Richardson | 1987 |
| *Jesse Shealey | 1988 |
| Glenn Taylor | 1989 |
| *Robert Wanton | 1989 |
| Jesse L. Wilcox | 1990 |
| Tommie Mitchell | 1990 |
Levi Jordan | 1992 |
*Walter Wilson | 1992 |
William Clark | 1992 |
*William R. Johnson | 1993 |
*Emilio Hernandez | 1993 |
Charles T. Maxwell | 1993 |
Dr. Henry Simmons | 1993 |
Solomon McClendon | 1994 |
Daniel Clark, Sr. | 1995 |
Johnny McCray | 1996 |
*Roscoe Ford | 1997 |
| Ernest Johnson | 1998 |
Herman Randolph | 1998 |
Willie Smith | 1999 |
*Lewis William | 2000 |
*Edward King | 2000 |
| Raymond Tunsill | 2001 |
| Travis Dorsey | 2002 |
| Dr. Patrick Arwine | 2002 |
| Jeffery S. Taylor | 2003 |
| Edward D. Riley, Sr. | 2004 |
| Arthur J. Mincey | 2004 |
| Matthew Taylor | 2007 |
| Artis Warthen | 2007 |
| John H. Carter III | 2008 |
| George Small, Jr. | 2008 |
| **Billy D. McLamb | 2009 |
| Freddie L. Davis | 2009 |
** Imperial Deputy of the Desert of Flordia
LEGION OF HONOR
KHODETAN NEKONEAD
(Service Above Self)
The Imperial Potentate' Award
| Robert Brown | 1981 |
| *Adam Richardson | 1981 |
| *John W. Jones | 1982 |
| *Robert E. Wanton | 1982 |
| Freddie L. Davis | 1984 |
| Arthur J. Mincey | 1984 |
| Robert L. Rollins, Sr. | 1984 |
| *Matthew Stevenson | 1988 |
| Jesse Wilcox | 1988 |
| *Carlton Cherry | 1989 |
| *Roscoe Ford | 1989 |
| Tommie Mitchell | 1989 |
| Norman Hawkins | 1990 |
| Sam Major | 1990 |
| Willie Backshear, Sr. | 1991 |
Samuel Bolden | 1991 |
James B. Dixon | 1991 |
Russell A. Earl, Sr. | 1991 |
*Reginald Ferguson, Jr. | 1991 |
*Johnnie L. Jackson | 1991 |
Ralph Smith | 1991 |
Donald Wells | 1991 |
Arthur Jenkins | 1991 |
John I. Corker | 1992 |
Thomas Dow | 1992 |
*Emilio Hernandez | 1992 |
| Levi Jordon | 1992 |
*Jesse Shealey | 1992 |
Glenn Taylor | 1992 |
*Walter Wilson | 1992 |
Charles Goodman | 1993 |
| Donald James | 1993 |
| *William R. Johnson | 1993 |
| Herman Randolph | 1993 |
| *Timothy Wilson | 1993 |
| Eddie Taylor | 1994 |
| Dr. Henry Simmons | 1995 |
| Johnnie McCray, Jr. | 1995 |
| John W. Clark | 1995 |
| *Arthur Jenkins | 1995 |
| *Ulyssess Gullatt | 1995 |
| Johnny McCray | 1996 |
| Sollie Mitchell | 1996 |
| *Edward King | 1996 |
| *Soloon McClendon | 1996 |
| Willie Smith | 1997 |
| Charles Maxwell | 1998 |
| Lloyd Hester | 2001 |
| Danny Horton | 2001 |
| Anthony L. Ross | 2001 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 2001 |
| Earl Dennis | 2001 |
| Andre Thompson | 2002 |
| Vincent Miller | 2002 |
| Rico Merritt | 2002 |
| Wiley Ikner | 2002 |
| Edward Riley | 2002 |
| Patrick Arnwine | 2002 |
| Kenneth Gray | 2002 |
| Ricky Torrence | 2003 |
| Donovan Trimble | 2003 |
| Bennie Clark | 2003 |
| Byron Butler | 2004 |
| Matthew Taylor | 2007 |
| Marcus Johnson | 2007 |
| Louis T. Harper | 2008 |
| John H. Carter III | 2008 |
| Marvin Young | 2008 |
| Henry Pate | 2008 |
| Earl Flournoy | 2009 |
* These loyal members have been visited by the Black Camel of death; they have gone to Heaven to watch over us.