Background
Goodrich, Robert Eugene was born on November 27, 1876 in Spring Creek, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harvey Edward and Nancy Rebecca (Rollins) Goodrich.
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Robert Eugene Goodrich
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Bachelor of Philosophy, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1903. Doctor of Divinity, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1924.
Career
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1903. Pastor Alvarado, Texas, 1903-1907, Stamford, Texas, 1907-1911, Saint Luke’s Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1911-1915, Francis Street Church, Saint Joseph, Missouri, 1915-1918, Austin Avenue Church, Waco, Texas, 1918-1923, First Church, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1923-1930, First Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1930-1932, First Church, Houston, Texas, 1932-1936, Laurel Heights Church, San Antonio, Texas, 1936-1941, Methodist Temple Church, Portuguese Arthur, Texas, since 1941. Appointed on commission to establish Korean Methodist Church, 1930.
Represented college three times in state inter-collegiate debate and oratory.
College delegate to World’s Student Convention, Toronto, Canada, 1902. Delegate Ecumenical Conference of Methodism, London, England., 1921.
District Superintendent of Tyler District Methodist Church, since 1944.
Achievements
Membership
Member Kappa Alpha (Southern). Mason. Platform lecturer.
Connections
Married Moye Aileen Wilson, October 18, 1905. Children: Robert East. Lewella Jean, Baxter Dee, Jerome Duncan, Harvey Wilson, Moye Aileen.
