Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRev. Odell Dover
Birth29 May 1921, Madison County, Georgia
Death3 Nov 2009, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Burial6 Nov 2023, Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
Spouses
Birth7 Jul 1926, Cabarrus County, NC
Death21 Jul 2001, Cabarrus County, NC
BurialCarolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherThomas Jefferson Eudy (1880-1937)
MotherNancy Arabelle Almond (1886-1968)
ChildrenBetty Jean (Died as Child) (1946-1961)
 Bill R. (~1949-2023)
 Ronald (Twin)
 Donald (Twin)
 Diane (Twin)
 Frances “Fran”
 Susan
 Carol
 Branda
Notes for Rev. Odell Dover
Rev. Odell Dover

CONCORD - Rev. Odell Dover, age 88, of 537 Hillandale St., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at his home.

Born May 29, 1921, in Madison County, Ga., to the late Fred Grady Dover and the late Susan (Hill) Dover, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

He was also preceded in death by his wife, Jean (Eudy) Dover; sons Donald and Ronald Dover; and daughters Betty Jean Dover and Diane Dover.

Rev. Dover was a Southern Baptist minister and was the founding pastor of Near Calvary Baptist Church. He also served many other churches in Cabarrus and Rowan counties. Mr. Dover retired from Cannon Mills as an electrician and also from the VA Medical Center in Salisbury as a transportation engineer.

He is survived by son Bill Dover and wife Kay of Salisbury; daughters Brenda Evans of Forsythe, Ga., Carol Boutwell and husband John of Norwood, Susan Drye and husband Gaylan of Concord and Fran Barton of Concord; sister Monteen Massey of Easley, S.C.; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

The family meeting place will be the home.

Visitation: A visitation will be held at Hartsell Funeral Home in Concord Friday, Nov. 6 from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Service: Funeral services will be held at Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel in Concord on Friday, Nov. 6 at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Mike Mullis and the Rev. Joel Dover (his grandson) officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis. Graveside Military rites will be performed by The Cabarrus County Veterans Honor Guard.

The family wishes to thank Jonathan Thomas of Home Instead, and Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County for the excellent care given to Rev. Dover.

Memorials: May be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC.

Hartsell Funeral Home Concord will be serving the Dover family.

Salisbury Post, 4 Nov 2009
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