Background
Goddard, Oscar Elmo was born on September 1, 1867 in Hartford, Arkansas, United States. Son of Columbus Evans and Narcissa Theresa (Smedley) Goddard.
Goddard, Oscar Elmo was born on September 1, 1867 in Hartford, Arkansas, United States. Son of Columbus Evans and Narcissa Theresa (Smedley) Goddard.
Bachelor of Arts, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1893, Doctor of Divinity, 1910.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1894. Missionary to China Vice-President Anglo-Chinese College, 1894-1895. Pastor Magnolia, Monticello and Fort Smith.
Arkansas, until 1901. Presiding elder Harrison district, 1901-1902. Pastor Morrillton, Arkansas, 1902-1905.
First Church, Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1905-1909. Presiding elder Muskogee District, 1909-1910. Pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Muskogee, 1911-1913, First Church, Galveston, Texas, 1913-1917, First Church, Beaumont, Texas, 1917-1918.
Home mission secretary Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1918-1921. Pastor McKendree Church, Nashville, 3 months, 1922, First Church, Conway Arkansas, 1922-1926. Became foreign secretary Board Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1926.
Pastor Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1937-1940, retired 1950. In charge evangelistic campaign of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Czechoslavia, 1921.
Member Interdominational Tour of The Holy Land, 1924.
Married Mary Leila Robins, June 22, 1893.; married second, Mistress. Children: Lily Ruth (Mistress.