The several bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, sitting in the Orient of North Carolina, acknowledge and yield allegiance to the United Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the Thirty-Third and Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, whose Holy See is at Memphis, TN of which the Illustrious Corey D. Hawkins, Sr.,Esq., 33°, S.G.I.G. (Active) is the Sovereign Grand Commander of the United Supreme Council.