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Anne Clymer Goddard Anne Clymer attended Denison High School and graduated in 1937. Anne Clymer transferred to SMU from
Baylor following her freshman year. In
1941, Anne graduated from Southern Methodist University, where she
competed on the debate team; Anne's debate partner for her
last
two years at SMU was Silky Ragsdale, now 93 and living in Smithville as
Silky Ragsdale Crockett. 
SMU Rotunda
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.
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