Those words are the final stanza of the song “In the Year of 1911.” “That far off Golden Shore” is the place that we refer to as the place that we go to when we’ve taken our last breath here on earth. Unlike some fraternities, members of Kappa Alpha Psi are members for life. And when a member dies, the fraternity refers to them as having passed to “The Chapter Invisible.” In a sense, it means that that person is still alive even though he cannot be seen. He still exists; he is simply invisible and somewhere else.
Below are the names of the members of the Trenton Alumni Chapter that have transitioned into “Chapter Invisible” –
(asterisk* denotes Trenton Alumni Chapter Charter Member)
| S. Roy Alphin |
Calvin Anderson |
Ronald Blackburn, Sr. |
| Lanny Butler, Sr. |
Herbert Carmichael |
Dr. Crosby Copeland, Jr. |
| Kesner Dufresne |
Gerry Eure |
James Floyd, Sr.* |
| MD Leon Fraser |
Rudolph Galiber, Jr. |
Robert Graham |
| Tommy Grice |
George Hall | Walter Hamilton |
| Dr. Lawrence Houston |
William Howard |
James Kidd |
| Johnny Koonce |
Douglass Koonce |
Eric Lythcott |
| Frank Murray* |
Richard Nevius* |
Eugene Parker, Sr. |
| George Pickens |
Shack Arthur * |
Willie Soloman, Jr. |
| Darrell Washington |
Harry Watkins |
Howard Waxwood, Jr.* |
| Nathan Williams |
George Wilson |
Rev. S. Howard Woodson, Jr. |
| Samuel Floyd* |
| S. Roy Alphin | Calvin Anderson | Ronald Blackburn, Sr. |
| Lanny Butler, Sr. | Herbert Carmichael | Dr. Crosby Copeland, Jr. |
| Kesner Dufresne | Gerry Eure | James Floyd, Sr.* |
| MD Leon Fraser | Rudolph Galiber, Jr. | Robert Graham |
| Tommy Grice | George Hall | Walter Hamilton |
| Dr. Lawrence Houston | William Howard | James Kidd |
| Johnny Koonce | Douglass Koonce | Eric Lythcott |
| Frank Murray* | Richard Nevius* | Eugene Parker, Sr. |
| George Pickens | Shack Arthur * | Willie Soloman, Jr. |
| Darrell Washington | Harry Watkins | Howard Waxwood, Jr.* |
| Nathan Williams | George Wilson | Rev. S. Howard Woodson, Jr. |
| Samuel Floyd* | Leonard Carmichael |
