State Province: AR

Aaron Lodge #4 is in the original Lodge building for Scotland Arkansas. Originally the building was shared by the Freemasons and Odd Fellows with the Freemason Lodge meeting in the upstairs. The Odd Fellows Lodge dissolved but was still owned by the Odd Fellows. After the lodge dissolved and the Freemasons built their own individual lodge building the Odd Fellows lent the building out for use by the local Methodist church. In 2005 Aaron Lodge was started in Leslie Arkansas. The meetings ...

The Grand Encampment is a higher branch in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Membership is open to all Third Degree members in good standing. The branch aims to further the work of Odd Fellowship and impart the principles of Faith, Hope, and Charity. In the United States and Canada, membership in the Encampment is open for men and women holding the third degree in the Odd Fellows Lodge. Traditionally, however, the Ladies Auxiliary Encampment (L.E.A.) was formed for women who are members of a ...

The Arkansas Rebekah Assembly is the governing body for the Arkansas Rebekahs. Established on September 20, 1851, the Rebekahs, also known as the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies (IARA), and originally the Daughters of Rebekah is an international service-oriented organization and a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. It was initially designed as the female auxiliary of the IOOF, but now allows both female and male members.

Lodge Has Closed

Heber Lodge #17 was originally started in 1902. On January 13th, 1915 their meeting place (Cleburne County Bank building) caught fire and the Odd Fellows lost everything. It wasn't even a year later that all membership of Heber Lodge #17 ceased to exist. On 08/05/2024 The Grand Lodge of Arkansas issued a Dispensation for members in Heber Springs to resurrect the Heber Lodge. With 8 Charter members, Odd Fellowship has been brought back to Heber Springs.