Form 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Turner, Jr.    Hurley     C.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Dollar General Corporation (DG)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X]    Director                    [X]     10% Owner [  ]    Officer (give             [   ]    Other (specify title below) below)
(Last)             (First)            (Middle) 100 Mission Ridge	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year April 23, 2003
(Street) Goodlettsville, TN 37072		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)             (State)             (Zip)	Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (mm/dd/yy)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if  any (mm/dd/yy)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or  (D)	Price
Common Stock								12,102,412(1)	D
Common Stock								10,265	I	By IRA
Common Stock								76,745(1)	I	By CT Annuity Trust
Common Stock								82	I	By Estate of CT, Sr.
Common Stock	04/23/2003		G(2)	V	528,314	D		765,306	I	By HCT 1994 Trust
Common Stock	04/23/2003		G(2)	V	792,502	D		738,678	I	By JST 1994 Trust
Common Stock	04/23/2003		G(2)	V	742,502	D		1,138,534	I	By LJD 1994 Trust
Common Stock	04/23/2003		G(2)	V	742,502	D		1,139,011	I	By ETC 1994 Trust
Common Stock								758,836	I	By Spouse
Common Stock								6,343,780	I	By Turner Children Trust
Common Stock								11,649	I	By 401(k)

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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)

1.Title of Derivative Security (Instr.3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (mm/dd/yy)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (mm/dd/yy)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (mm/dd/yy)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1)  Since the reporting person’s last report, 73,255 shares held by the CT Annuity Trust have been distributed to the reporting person and are now owned directly.

(2)   Consists of gifts to charitable organizations made on April 23, 2003 pursuant to previously adopted 10b5-1 trading plans.

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	/s/ Susan S. Lanigan	4-25-03
		**Signature of Reporting Person Attorney-in-Fact	Date
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