My dad gave me this ring when I graduated from pharmacy school in 2005. It once belonged to my great uncle Jeff, who was also a pharmacist. I wish I would have known Jeff, but he passed away long before I was a twinkle in my mother's eye. The ring has the symbol of the Scottish Rite Masonry on it, and on the inside his name is engraved, with the phrase "Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit".
"Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit" is Latin for "Whom Virtue Unites, Death Shall Not Separate". Apparently my great uncle Jeff was a Mason. The ring is too large for any of my fingers, but I've been thinking of getting a cord for it to hang around my neck.
I don't know much about Jeff, other than he was a pharmacist, he travelled a fair bit, and according to my uncle Tom, liked to get drunk and wear women's clothing. Apparently he was found passed out, in a dress, in a ditch one time. Haven't we all been there? I guess Jeff was on the ground floor of liberal thinking in a small town :) I'm sure we would have gotten along swimmingly.
"Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit" is Latin for "Whom Virtue Unites, Death Shall Not Separate". Apparently my great uncle Jeff was a Mason. The ring is too large for any of my fingers, but I've been thinking of getting a cord for it to hang around my neck.
I don't know much about Jeff, other than he was a pharmacist, he travelled a fair bit, and according to my uncle Tom, liked to get drunk and wear women's clothing. Apparently he was found passed out, in a dress, in a ditch one time. Haven't we all been there? I guess Jeff was on the ground floor of liberal thinking in a small town :) I'm sure we would have gotten along swimmingly.
