Floyd Morris Dover

IN MEMORY OF: Floyd Morris Dover Serving Location: CRAIN FUNERAL HOME – TAMMS 420 Front Street, Tamms, Illinois Floyd Morris Dover, 83, a resident of Charleston, Missouri, since 1968, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born November 19, 1940, at the family home located in Diswood, Illinois, to the late Robert “Bob” and Ora Allen Dover. Floyd and Phyllis Ann Ryan were married on June 15, 1963, and they shared 60 memorable years together. Floyd began a career in 1962 with National Tea Grocery, located in Chicago, Illinois, as a Produce Manager. He later relocated to Southeast Missouri, where he worked as a Produce Manager both with IGA and Del Farms grocery stores. In 1974, a career change occurred, and he discovered his love for the highways as an over-the-road truck driver of 38-plus years before the first of his many retirements, which would lead him to the Charleston R1 School District, working in a custodial maintenance position. He would later work at the Mississippi County Courthouse located in Charleston, Missouri, in a custodial / maintenance role before finally retiring. Floyd was musically inclined, playing a variety of instruments; he enjoyed attending church services where he used his God-given talents as a means of worship. Besides his love for the word of God, his other passions were exploring his family heritage, which started at a very young age, his love for Native American Indian literature and culture, Civil War history books, as well as reading the history of the Wild West. Loving survivors include his wife, Phyllis Ann Dover, of the home; three children, Cindy (Verlan) Graham of Anniston, Missouri, Sheila Francis of Charleston, Missouri, Rodney (Krystal) Dover of Sikeston, Missouri; a sister, Beverly McHarry of Thebes, Illinois; Four grandchildren, Tiffany, Jonathan, Jennifer, and Stephany, eleven great-grandchildren; a few remaining cousins; numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Floyd was dubbed (Papa Floyd) by many children who passed through his wife’s daycare, and he thought the world of each child as if they were his own. Floyd was preceded in death by his parents and seven siblings, Alfred Dover, Howard Dover, Elroy Dover, Lorene Fitzgerald, Jesse Rhymer, Jim Rhymer, and Dorothy Rhymer Jones. Visitation will be held Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM followed by the Funeral Service at 1:00 PM at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms with Pastor Luke Townsend officiating. Burial to follow the service at Cache Chapel Cemetery in Ullin, Illinois. Pallbearers: Jonathan Rasnic, Justin Penrod, Chris McDermott, Rick Ryan, David Dover Sr., Leslie Bigham. Honorary Pallbearers: Jim Dover, Darrell Johnson, Verlan Graham, Rodney Dover Crain Funeral Home, Tamms, Illinois is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Floyd Morris Dover

November 19, 1940 - February 6, 2024