Bro. David Cole

My name is David Cole and it is my pleasure to share my  background with you. I was born and raised in South Boston, VA, to Mr.  and Mrs. Frank and Shirley Cole.  I am the third of four biological  children and a host of relatives and friends raised and nurtured by  parents as they both have a love for community and family.  That love of  community and family is one of the many reasons that I feel that  joining the brotherhood was a good idea for me. 

I  was educated in the public schools of Halifax County VA, graduating  from Halifax County High School in 1992.  I went on to college starting  at Hampton University in that same year. After a year I transferred to  Virginia Commonwealth University where I received a bachelor's degree in  political science and a minors  degree in African American Studies in  1998.   

After that time I  decided to remain in Richmond VA where I was married and had three  children, Khadejia, Khya and Davion, all of which have become adults and  I have two grandchildren from Khadejia. I have since remarried and now  am married to Fayesha Cole and have to bonus children Melody and Levi. 

Once  finishing with college, I began my professional career in retail and  landed with Lowes and have been with the company for 16 years.  Through  the love of music and my passion for the church, I spend a lot of time  on two voluntary jobs of sound and media at my church and assistance  with the Virginia Union University band programs.  The love of both  affords me the opportunity to meet and assist in the love of serving,  community and people. 

These,  along with the love of family and the desire to become a better man not  just for me but for my family and especially my sons, are reasons why I  was interested in becoming a Prince Hall Mason. I have family in the  fraternity of brotherhood and after seeing how they have become better  men, sparked an interest in me that has grown over the years. I decided  to seek more knowledge for myself and am happy with the journey thus far  and looking forward to more light in masonry.

The  reason I decided to pursue joining Carey Wheaton Lodge #307 was because  I was approached by a fellow aspirant at the time, James McCreary, who  asked if I had ever been interested and we exchanged our reasons for  joining and found that our journey would be better taken together.  I  then reached out to two of my good friends that I felt would be a great  addition to our journey, Chris Miller and Michael Crane, whom I knew had  also expressed interest and asked them to join with us in our walk.   I  knew that Brother Corey was a mason because we grew up together since  grade school, but I did not know which lodge, however when James asked  if i knew Corey and expressed his interest in joining the same lodge as  Corey, I knew at that point Carey Wheaton #307 was the choice for me to  turn friendship into brotherhood.