Jack Masters Archives

Inaugural Jack Masters Memorial Golf Tournament set for Saturday, June 9, at the Sugar Mountain Golf Course

June 8, 2012. On Saturday, June 9, the Village of Sugar Mountain Golf Course will host the inaugural Jack Masters Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit maintenence and improvement of Wildcat Lake. The tournament begins between 8 and 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.
BY PAUL T. CHOATE

A Face of Banner Elk Passes Away – Jack Masters; ‘Mr. Banner Elk,’ ‘Mr. Lees-McRae,’ and ‘The Baron of Big Stone Gap’ Will Sorely Be Missed

March 1, 2012. Includes Photo Gallery! and Added Obituary BANNER ELK — Jack Masters, one of the most well liked figures in Banner Elk, passed away Wednesday morning. Standing 6 feet 6 inches tall, Masters was a bear of a man, though people who knew him thought of him as a gentle giant.
BY JESSE WOOD