University of Central Oklahoma - Bronze Book Yearbook (Edmond, OK)

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The Godfreys ... Dr. Godfrey would be the first to say he could not—and did not—face the problems or accomplish his goals alone. Working beside him all the way and carrying a large share of the load has been his wife—Miss -locille Morris, when he met her in the church choir at Stillwater when they both attended what is now OSU and where he worked off and on for 25 years to complete three degrees. While she devoted her time to raising the four little Godfreys and helping him in his career, he continued teaching and working on advanced degrees. Describing himself as a barefoot boy from a farm in Arkansas where he walked three miles each way to high school in Magazine, Arkansas, and returned each day to chores— sandwiching education between chopping cotton, stripping cane and milking cows—he took his first teaching iob in a rural school when he was just 17. From there he .vent to teach at a school at Kansas, Oklahoma, then to principal and superintendent at Pryor, and on to be superintendent at Durant for seven years before he was tapped for Central State. Meeting financial and family challenges as he worked his way through the master’s and doctorate at OSU. he still found time to serve in numerous positions of leadership in professional organizations, to be an active civic and church worker, and to remain “just plain dad” at home. The Godfrey’s four children are all married now and have homes of their own. Merriam finished her BA in Music at North Texas State University and her Master’s of Music at Baylor University. Now Mrs. David Paul, she and her husband and three children—Joyce, Stephen and Laurie—live in Redlands, Calif. Anna Lee. a graduate of OSU, is now Mrs. Jim Reynolds of Orlando, Fla., and has two children, James Michael and Teri Lynn. Joe Bill Godfrey, an Rdmond High School football star after they moved here when he was in the eleventh grade, is now coordinator ?5

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Dr. and Mrs. Garland Godfrey

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There Were Affairs of State ... of Data Processing for the State Department of Education. A graduate of Central State, he is married to the former Marcy Sharp-ton. also a CSU graduate and a teacher at Deer Creek. They have two children — Dennis and Gina Godfrey. John, the youngest son, was an eighth grader when the Godfreys moved to Edmond. He earned his BS in Business Management from OSU and is now a Captain in the Air Marines, stationed at Santa Anna Air Force Base in California. His wife, the former Susie Stuart of Shattuck, is also a graduate of OSU. Along with the hard work. President Godfrey found time for entertaining and joining in the fun of campus life, for celebrating special oc- BELOW—During his term of office as President of Central State University. Dr. Godfrey addressed thousands of graduates. BELOW—Dr. Godfrey deposits a momento to a future year in a capsule, which was pluced in the new wing of the Ad Building. 26