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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 4

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

|X| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

(Print of Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Turner, James S.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

100 Mission Ridge

(Street)

Goodlettsville, TN 37072-2170

(City) (State) (Zip)


2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Dollar General Corporation (DG)

3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)


4. Statement for Month/Day/Year

October 16, 2002

5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

|_| Director |_| 10% Owner |_| Officer (give title below) |X| Other (specify below)

Former 10% owner

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable line)

|X| Form Filed by One Reporting Person |_| Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

                                                                                                 5.
                                                                                                 Amount of      6.
                                                                 4.                              Securities     Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Beneficially   ship
                                       2A.          3.           Disposed of (D)                 Owned          Form:     7.
                            2.         Deemed       Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Following      Direct    Nature of
                            Trans-     Execution    Code         ------------------------------- Reported       (D) or    Indirect
1.                          action     Date, if     (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Transaction(s) Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security           Date       any          ------------                 or              (Instr. 3 &    (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                  (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy)    Code     V      Amount      (D)    Price     Instr.4)      (Instr.4) (Instr.4)
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Common Stock                          10/16/02       J(1)     V      5,570,501    A(1)           7,877,215      D
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Common Stock                          10/16/02       J(1)           22,282,004    D(1)           6,343,780      I         Co-TTEE
                                                                                                                            TCT
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Common Stock                                                                                     1,881,513      I         Co-TTEE
                                                                                                                           ETC TR
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Common Stock                                                                                     1,881,036      I         Co-TTEE
                                                                                                                          LJTD TR
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Common Stock                                                                                     1,531,180      I         Co-TTEE
                                                                                                                           JST TR
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                                                                                                                          Co-TTEE
Common Stock                                                                                     1,293,620      I          HCT TR
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Common Stock                                                                                       300,000      I           TTEE
                                                                                                                         JST Annuity
                                                                                                                             TR
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Common Stock                                                                                       272,779      I         Co-TTEE
                                                                                                                          Dugas TR
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Common Stock                                                                                        56,445      I         By spouse
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Common Stock                                                                                            82      I         Co-EXEC
                                                                                                                         CTS Estate
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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned


(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


                                                                                                          9.
                                                                                                          Number    10.
                                                                                                          of        Owner-
                                                                                                          deriv-    ship
                                                                                                          ative     Form
             2.                                                                                           Secur-    of
             Conver-                            5.                              7.                        ities     Deriv-   11.
             sion                               Number of                       Title and Amount          Bene-     ative    Nature
             or                                 Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.      ficially  Secur-   of
             Exer-            3A.      4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price   Owned     ity:     In-
             cise             Deemed   Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of      Follow-   Direct   direct
             Price   3.       Execut-  action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-  ing       (D) or   Bene-
1.           of      Trans-   ion      Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative   Reported  In-      ficial
Title of     Deriv-  action   Date if  (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-  Trans-    direct   Owner-
Derivative   ative   Date     any      8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity     action(s) (I)      ship
Security     Secur-  (mm/dd/  (mm/dd/  ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr. (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)   ity     yy)      yy)      Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)      4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:

(1) On October 16, 2002, the Turner Children Trust distributed an aggregate of 22,282,004 shares of Dollar General common stock to the beneficiaries of the trust. The reporting person is a co-trustee and one of four beneficiaries of the Turner Children Trust. Therefore, the reporting person is reporting the distribution of 22,282,004 shares by the trust to the beneficiaries, and the receipt of 5,570,501 shares as a result of the reporting person's one-quarter beneficial interest in the trust.

 /s/ James S. Turner                                            10/16/2002
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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