Mack Dover

Services for Mack Dover, 77, of Maydelle, will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, in the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel in Rusk, with the Rev. Don Copeland officiating, under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home of Rusk. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery.

Mr. Dover died Jan. 10, 2007, at a Jacksonville hospital. He was born April 19, 1929, in Alto to the late Meredith David Washington and Sybil Whitten Dover.

He was a life-long resident of Maydelle. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church. He was a retired truck driver for AMPI for 35 years. He was a former Maydelle school board member, and he served in the Korean War.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Corine Dover, Sept. 27, 2000; son, Bobby Wayne Dover, July 4, 1961; grandson, Jacob Elijah Clark, Dec. 24, 2000; three brothers, Thomas Dover, David Dover and George Dover; sister, Myra Jane Dover Fulton; and three brothers-in-law, Stuart Shuptrine, Doyle Bingham and Wayne Alexander.

Mr. Dover is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda Kay and Billy Ray Goff of Maydelle; Barbara Ann and Mickey Singletary of Maydelle; Rebecca and Alan Kirby of Mount Hope; brother and sister-in-law, Carroll and Ann Dover of Lufkin; three sisters, Bonnie Shuptrine of Kingsville, Mae Beth Bingham of Maydelle, Mozelle Alexander of Rusk; three sisters-in-law, Joyce Dover of Maydelle; Margaret Dover of Maydelle; Nita Dover of Rusk; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers include Zachary Clark, Jeremiah Clark, Aaron Dement, Jeremy Singletary, Brandon Knight and Dale Dover. Honorary pallbearers will be Dwain French, Joe French, George Clark, Jim Dover and Jimmy Watson.

Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at the funeral home.
 

January 12, 2007