resting_place wars branch death_place death_date children parents birth_date spouse residence article_title name occupation alma_mater
forest park cemetery in shreveport , louisiana spanish-american war united states army shreveport , caddo parish , louisiana 6 august 1952 helen , martha , monroe jr. , and frances william henry and lucy williams dodd 8 september 1878 emma savage dodd shreveport , louisiana monroe e. dodd
 monroe elmon dodd , sr. . southern baptist clergyman ; union university
monroe e. dodd

monroe elmon dodd , sr. -lrb- september 8 , 1878 -- august 6 , 1952 -rrb- , was an american southern baptist clergyman who was a pioneer radio preacher , the pastor of the first baptist church of shreveport , louisiana , the founder of the former dodd college , and the president of the southern baptist convention from 1934 to 1935 .
he is considered the father of the sbc cooperative program to fund foreign missionaries .
