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| spouse=Emma Savage Dodd (married 1904-1952, his death)<br>
| spouse=Emma Savage Dodd (married 1904-1952, his death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Helen, Martha, Monroe, Jr., and Frances<br>
Helen Dodd Dupree<br>
Dorothy Dodd Webb<br>
Martha Evelyn Dodd Sporl<br>
Monroe Dodd, Jr.<br>
Frances Lucile Dodd Pellerin
'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
William Henry and Lucy Williams Dodd<br>
William Henry and Lucy Williams Dodd<br>
==Background==
==Background==
Dodd was born to William Henry Dodd and the former Lucy Williams in Brazil, a community ten miles east of Trenton in Gibson County in western [[Tennessee]].<ref name=dict/> He was named in part for his paternal grandfather, James Monroe Dodd. As a youth, Monroe plowed with a three-yoke team of oxen on the family farm. Gibson County was recognized nationally in the late 19th century for its innovative use of new farm equipment. William Dodd was among the area farmers moving into the new age of agriculture. When he was thirteen, Monroe Dodd got into trouble, was whipped by his father, and ran away from home. He went first to Dyersburg in northwestern Tennessee, where he boarded a freight train headed to Paducah, [[Kentucky]]. He soon returned home.<ref name=wilkins>S.A. Wilkins, "Monroe Elmon Dodd: A Biographical Sketch," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' Spring/Summer 1984, p. 99.</ref>
Dodd was born to William Henry Dodd (1851-1948) and the former Lucy Ann Williams (1847-1924)<ref name=findagrave/> in Brazil, a community ten miles east of Trenton in Gibson County in western [[Tennessee]].<ref name=dict/> He was named in part for his paternal grandfather, James Monroe Dodd. As a youth, Monroe plowed with a three-yoke team of oxen on the family farm. Gibson County was recognized nationally in the late 19th century for its innovative use of new farm equipment. William Dodd was among the area farmers moving into the new age of agriculture. When he was thirteen, Monroe Dodd got into trouble, was whipped by his father, and ran away from home. He went first to Dyersburg in northwestern Tennessee, where he boarded a freight train headed to Paducah, [[Kentucky]]. He soon returned home.<ref name=wilkins>S.A. Wilkins, "Monroe Elmon Dodd: A Biographical Sketch," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' Spring/Summer 1984, p. 99.</ref>
Dodd's mother was active in the Primitive Baptist faith and provided a home atmosphere with [[prayer]]s and [[Bible]] readings. While attending school in Brazil, Tennessee, Dodd was converted to [[Christianity]] and joined the Poplar Grove Baptist Church, having been [[baptism|baptized]] on August 12, 1892. He intended to become a [[lawyer]] but was soon called to the ministry after the death of Allen Dodd, his younger brother. Allen confessed to Monroe: "The Lord has called both of us to be preachers, but now you will have to heed the 'call.'"<ref name=wilkins/>
Dodd's mother was active in the Primitive Baptist faith and provided a home atmosphere with [[prayer]]s and [[Bible]] readings. While attending school in Brazil, Tennessee, Dodd was converted to [[Christianity]] and joined the Poplar Grove Baptist Church, having been [[baptism|baptized]] on August 12, 1892. He intended to become a [[lawyer]] but was soon called to the ministry after the death of Allen Benjimen Dodd (1880-1899), his younger brother. Allen confessed to Monroe: "The Lord has called both of us to be preachers, but now you will have to heed the 'call.'"<ref name=wilkins/>
In 1904, Dodd received both his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees from Union University, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Jackson in Madison County, Tennessee. From the same university, he received a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1909 and, fulfilling his first childhood inclination, a law degree in 1930. In 1918, he obtained a second doctor of divinity degree from Baptist-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]]. He also did correspondence work through the [[University of Chicago]] and the Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, near Cehster, [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=dict/>
In 1904, Dodd received both his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees from Union University, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Jackson in Madison County, Tennessee. From the same university, he received a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1909 and, fulfilling his first childhood inclination, a law degree in 1930. In 1918, he obtained a second doctor of divinity degree from Baptist-affiliated [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]]. He also did correspondence work through the [[University of Chicago]] and the Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, near Cehster, [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=dict/>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
On October 10, 1904, Dodd married the former Emma Savage (1878-1960), the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George M. Savage of Jackson, Tennessee. They had four daughters and a son: Dorothy, Helen, Martha, Monroe E. Dodd, Jr. (1910-1987), and Frances.<ref name=dict/> Dodd was a brother-in-law of the long-term Caddo Parish coroner, [[Willis P. Butler]].
On October 10, 1904, Dodd married the former Emma Savage (1878-1960), the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George M. Savage of Jackson, Tennessee. They had four daughters and a son: Dorothy Dodd Webb (1905-2001), Helen Dodd Dupree (died 1994), twins Martha Evelyn Dodd Sporl (1910-1950) and Monroe E. Dodd, Jr., and Frances Lucile Dodd Pellerin (1912-1964), the youngest of the children and the only one born in Shreveport. Dodd was a brother-in-law of the long-term Caddo Parish coroner, [[Willis P. Butler]], whose first wife was Dodd's sister, Anne Dodd Butler (1890-1963).<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13733969/monroe-elmon-dodd|title=Monroe E. Dodd, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 9, 2020}}</ref>
The Southern Baptist Convention offers the M. E. Dodd Cooperative Program Award, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated continuous excellence in supporting missions at home and abroad through the SBC. The award is a bronze sculpture of a sower scattering seed around the world.<ref>"Exemplary Cooperative Program Support," ''SBC Life: The Journal of the Southern Baptist Convention,'' January 2007, p. 8.</ref>
The Southern Baptist Convention offers the M. E. Dodd Cooperative Program Award, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated continuous excellence in supporting missions at home and abroad through the SBC. The award is a bronze sculpture of a sower scattering seed around the world.<ref>"Exemplary Cooperative Program Support," ''SBC Life: The Journal of the Southern Baptist Convention,'' January 2007, p. 8.</ref>
Dodd is interred in Shreveport's Forest Park Cemetery off St. Vincent Avenue.
Dodd is interred in Shreveport's Forest Park Cemetery off St. Vincent Avenue.<ref name=findagrave/>