Historical September 1982 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
On June 11, Dr. John N. Doggett, Jr., became the 14th pastor of Grace United Methodist Church.
He and his wife Juanita and their son, Kenneth Riddick, will live in the Grace parsonage.
Leaving Grace after 12 years is the Rev. Robert Gordon.
He and Mrs. Gordon have moved to Kirksville,.Mo., to a position with another church. Dr. Doggett comes to Grace after a sixyear term as Superintendent of the St. Louis North District. Prior to that time he had a twelve-year pastorate at Union Memorial United Methodist Church in St. Louis and three pastorates in California.
He was born in Philadelphia and attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania as a Senatorial Scholarship Student, graduating from therein May, 1942, magna cum laude.
He then attended Union Theological Seminary in New York and earned the Master of Divinity Degree in 1945.
From St. Louis University he earned the Master of Education Degree in 1969 and the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Education in 1971. Also, he received the honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree in 1948 from Bethany School of Religion.
In St. Louis he has been a lecturer for both Eden and Concordia Theological Seminaries and is a member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
In the Missouri East Conference, John chaired the Jurisdictional Conference Delegation and the General Conference Delegation in 1972.
In 1967 he was a delegate to the World Methodist Conference. Juanita T. Doggett was born in Sedalia and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Stowe Teacher’s College and the Master of Arts from New York City College.
She has been an Elementary Teacher, a Career Training Specialist and Principal of the Hodgen, King Middle and Sherman Schools, and presently is Principal at Sherman School for the second time.
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Originally published in The Neighborhood Paper, September 1982.
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