Obituaries:  Joe Dover, Sabine Parish       D-160
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 18, 1958
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Joe Dover (Photo)

  Funeral services for Joe Dover, 78, of Florien, who died at
about 3 a.m., Monday, in a Shreveport hospital, after a long
illness, was held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, in Osborn's Chapel,
Shreveport, with Rabbi David Lefkowitz officiating.

  Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery.

  Mr. Dover, a prominent business executive and financier, was
president of the Holicer Gas Co. Inc., and formerly was a
merchant in Florien. He also had been an automobile dealer in
Many, and for many years, operated a finance company in Many.

  Born in Germany, he was a member of Gemiluth Chassodum Temple of
Alexandria, had been president of the Sabine Parish Library Board
since it's organization, and was active in Boy Scout work. He had
been a resident of Sabine Parish since 1900.

  Survivors include his widow; two sons, Max Dover, and Marion
Dover of Shreveport; a daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Deupree of
Shreveport; 11 grandchildren, all of Shreveport, and several
nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Jim Leach, H. E. Williams, Gordon G. Williams,
Edward L. Williams Jr. Cecil Williams, and Byron Williams Jr.

  Honorary pallbearers were Dr. M. D. Hargrove, Dr. J. R. Stamper,
Dr. Ernest B. Flake, and all employees of Holicer Gas Co. Inc.