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ANNE CLYMER GODDARD
1920 - 2013
TYLER, Texas — Anne Clymer Goddard
passed away April 15, 2013. Anne was born in 1920, in Denison,
Texas. She graduated from Denison High School
in the Class of 1937, where she achieved the
honor of state champion in debate. In 1941,
she graduated from Southern Methodist
University, where she competed on the debate
team and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma
sorority, an association she enjoyed
throughout her life. During World War II, she worked in our
country's domestic support effort. Upon
conclusion of the war in 1945, she married
returning Capt. James Goddard, known to
friends as "Pancho." They raised their
children and lived variously in Denison,
Center, Longview, Nacogdoches and lastly at
Emerald Bay on Lake Palestine. She was valued as counsel; friends and
family alike sought her advice. An avid card
player and always sharply dressed, her zest
for life enlivened the room wherever she was.
She and her husband, Pancho, were expert
dancers, attracting admiration at the many Big
Band events they attended. Anne Goddard was preceded in death by
her husband; her sister, Mavis Clymer Bryant
of Denison, Texas; and her brother, Ray Clymer
Jr. of Wichita Falls. She is survived by daughter, Karel Kay
and husband, Floyd Ciruli of Denver; son,
Scott Goddard and Kay Merritt of Denison;
brother, Charles Clymer and wife, Francais, of
Dallas; her much beloved granddaughters, Elly
and Ashley and their husbands, Nolan Harris of
San Clemente and Bret Barker of Manhattan
Beach, Calif.; great-grandchildren, Jack
Harris, Cole Harris and Scout Ava Barker; and
cherished nieces and nephews, Dr. Mavis Anne
Bryant, James Bryant, David Bryant, Drew
Wilcoxen, Francie Miller, and Jim Wilcoxen. A memorial service is scheduled for
Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Emerald Bay
Community Church.
Anna Goddard was fresh out of SMU. Her father sent her to help manage the Denison Poutry and Egg plant in Birmingham, Alabama. John Mathis wrote: "Miss Anne worked
with my father, Loyd A. Mathis, at Denison
Poultry and Egg Company in Birmingham, Alabama
in 1943, soon after her college graduation.
Thank you, Mavis and Scott for getting
Mrs. Goddard in touch with me last year.
I will not forget our conversation about
the old times in Denison and Birmingham.
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