Thank you for sending these articles around, do you know of an address where I could send a card to the family. Trish White >From: "sromanek" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Dover] Jane Dover Elliot-2 >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:30:31 -0500 > >http://www.shelbystar.com/portal/ASP/article.asp?ID=8840 > >Shelby native dies in Iraq >Emily Killian >Star Staff Writer >Shelby native Jean Dover Elliott knew how dangerous it would >be in Iraq. > >Even her e-mails home contained code words. When things >weren't going well, she wrote home to her sister, Mary >Wilson, in Kings Mountain that there was "a lot of gravel >around." > >Jean, 58, and her husband Larry T. Elliott, 60, were >Christian people in a faraway, war-torn land. > >Monday, Jean and Larry were gunned down in a drive-by >shooting near Mosul, Iraq. > >The Elliotts had served the better part of their lives as >missionaries, mostly in Honduras. > >They had gone to Iraq to help rebuild the country. Larry had >expertise in water purification and digging wells. > >They knew of the danger. > >"They were just here in January," said Mrs. Wilson, one of >Jean's six living siblings. "We had a grand time and said >our goodbyes and made videos and pictures, knowing it was >possible," she said. > >Possible, but unthinkable. > >"We didn't really think that, because we hoped they would >come home," Mrs. Wilson said. > >"She told me: 'If something happens to us there, just trust >that it was to be.'" > >Jean grew up in Shelby, the daughter of Robert and Irene >Roberts Dover, and graduated from Shelby High School in >1963. > >She lived on Hamrick Street and eventually attended Meredith >College, said her brother-in-law Ronnie Wilson. > >The Elliotts went to seminary at Wake Forest and then both >felt the call to mission work, he said. > >The first stop was Costa Rica to learn the language, then >Honduras called and the Elliotts stayed there 25 years, >braving hurricanes. > >They would come back home, visiting Second Baptist Church in >Shelby, where the Women's Missionary Union group is named >after Mrs. Elliott. > >"We're all in shock, yet we're not surprised because they >realized the danger," said Jerry Lail, pastor of Second >Baptist Church in Shelby. "They gave their all for the one >that gave all for them." > >Larry first traveled to Iraq last month to survey the >country's needs and his wife joined him a few weeks later, >said Michelle DeVoss, who attended church with the Elliotts >in Cary, where the couple lived while in the States. The >couple planned to return to their home in the Honduran >capital of Tegucigalpa later this month and move permanently >to Iraq in June, she said. > >During their time in Iraq, the Elliotts had already told of >meeting the Iraqi people, Mrs. Wilson said. > >"They said the people were wonderful," she said. "Little >children would come up and grab their hands. The adults didn >'t really approach them." > >Mrs. Wilson said she talked almost daily with instant >messaging, unless the Elliotts were traveling and didn't >have access to computer hookups. > >"They were excited about their work. They would always say, >'We have so much to tell you.'" > >Councilwoman Jeanette Patterson, good friends with Mrs. >Elliott's sister, Carol Ledford, shared the news of the >couple's killing at Shelby City Council Monday night. > >"It was really a shock," she told The Star later, when she >got the call shortly after 6 p.m. Monday. > >"She just had the prettiest smile of anybody I've ever > seen," Mrs. Patterson said. > >"Her sister and I went to school together and we spent the >night together at each other's house like you used to do. >That's how I got to know Jean. Then she married my husband's >nephew. > >"It's sort of like her family was my family and my family >was her family. I'm just really saddened by the whole > thing." > >Mayor Ted Alexander asked for prayers for the family at the >start and close of Monday night's council meeting.Lail said >the family needs prayers, especially the Elliotts' children >and grandchildren. > >"They'll grow up without a grandfather or grandmother to >hold them," he said. > >Karen Watson of Bakersfield, Calif., also died and two >others, whose names were being withheld, were injured Monday >in the attack. > >The five were attacked while traveling together in a car on >the eastern side of the city, officials said. > >Lail said a memorial service is being planned but no date >has been set. > >Wilson said Jean Elliott was one of eight children. Her >siblings include Mrs. Wilson, who lives in Kings Mountain, >Bill Dover of Shelby, Nanci Ellis of Shelby, Carol Ledford >of Shelby, Jimmy Dover of the Charlotte area, Joyce Whitten >from Indiana and Peggy Ann Dover, who died at birth. > >The Associated Press contributed to this report. >8840-3/16/2004-LN > > > >Sharon Dover Romanek >Primary e-mail: [email protected] >Secondary e-mail: [email protected] > >Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, >Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, >Allen > >It's 2004... Do you know where your g-g-great grandparents >are? > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Internet Of Salisbury, Inc.] > > >==== DOVER Mailing List ==== >Dover Genforum >http://genforum.genealogy.com/dover/ > _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

I Trish. I am sorry but I do not. Their son set up one of the sites that I sent the link to. You would be able to post a comment to that site like many others have. The link to it is: http://www.electionprojection.com/ If you go to the above site and click on comments below any of the articles on that site then you can place a comment or personal message to him. There is also a memorial fund that has been set up for them. The address for that if anyone wants to make a contribution is: The Larry and Jean Elliott Memorial Fund c/o The International Mission Board P.O. Box 6767 Richmond, VA 23230 They were very loved by many from what I have seen so far so will be missed by many. Sharon Dover Romanek Primary e-mail: [email protected] Secondary e-mail: [email protected] Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen It's 2004... Do you know where your g-g-great grandparents are? ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia White To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:15 AM Subject: RE: [Dover] Jane Dover Elliot-2 Thank you for sending these articles around, do you know of an address where I could send a card to the family. Trish White >From: "sromanek" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Dover] Jane Dover Elliot-2 >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:30:31 -0500 > >http://www.shelbystar.com/portal/ASP/article.asp?ID=8840 > >Shelby native dies in Iraq >Emily Killian >Star Staff Writer >Shelby native Jean Dover Elliott knew how dangerous it would >be in Iraq. > >Even her e-mails home contained code words. When things >weren't going well, she wrote home to her sister, Mary >Wilson, in Kings Mountain that there was "a lot of gravel >around." > >Jean, 58, and her husband Larry T. Elliott, 60, were >Christian people in a faraway, war-torn land. > >Monday, Jean and Larry were gunned down in a drive-by >shooting near Mosul, Iraq. > >The Elliotts had served the better part of their lives as >missionaries, mostly in Honduras. > >They had gone to Iraq to help rebuild the country. Larry had >expertise in water purification and digging wells. > >They knew of the danger. > >"They were just here in January," said Mrs. Wilson, one of >Jean's six living siblings. "We had a grand time and said >our goodbyes and made videos and pictures, knowing it was >possible," she said. > >Possible, but unthinkable. > >"We didn't really think that, because we hoped they would >come home," Mrs. Wilson said. > >"She told me: 'If something happens to us there, just trust >that it was to be.'" > >Jean grew up in Shelby, the daughter of Robert and Irene >Roberts Dover, and graduated from Shelby High School in >1963. > >She lived on Hamrick Street and eventually attended Meredith >College, said her brother-in-law Ronnie Wilson. > >The Elliotts went to seminary at Wake Forest and then both >felt the call to mission work, he said. > >The first stop was Costa Rica to learn the language, then >Honduras called and the Elliotts stayed there 25 years, >braving hurricanes. > >They would come back home, visiting Second Baptist Church in >Shelby, where the Women's Missionary Union group is named >after Mrs. Elliott. > >"We're all in shock, yet we're not surprised because they >realized the danger," said Jerry Lail, pastor of Second >Baptist Church in Shelby. "They gave their all for the one >that gave all for them." > >Larry first traveled to Iraq last month to survey the >country's needs and his wife joined him a few weeks later, >said Michelle DeVoss, who attended church with the Elliotts >in Cary, where the couple lived while in the States. The >couple planned to return to their home in the Honduran >capital of Tegucigalpa later this month and move permanently >to Iraq in June, she said. > >During their time in Iraq, the Elliotts had already told of >meeting the Iraqi people, Mrs. Wilson said. > >"They said the people were wonderful," she said. "Little >children would come up and grab their hands. The adults didn >'t really approach them." > >Mrs. Wilson said she talked almost daily with instant >messaging, unless the Elliotts were traveling and didn't >have access to computer hookups. > >"They were excited about their work. They would always say, >'We have so much to tell you.'" > >Councilwoman Jeanette Patterson, good friends with Mrs. >Elliott's sister, Carol Ledford, shared the news of the >couple's killing at Shelby City Council Monday night. > >"It was really a shock," she told The Star later, when she >got the call shortly after 6 p.m. Monday. > >"She just had the prettiest smile of anybody I've ever > seen," Mrs. Patterson said. > >"Her sister and I went to school together and we spent the >night together at each other's house like you used to do. >That's how I got to know Jean. Then she married my husband's >nephew. > >"It's sort of like her family was my family and my family >was her family. I'm just really saddened by the whole > thing." > >Mayor Ted Alexander asked for prayers for the family at the >start and close of Monday night's council meeting.Lail said >the family needs prayers, especially the Elliotts' children >and grandchildren. > >"They'll grow up without a grandfather or grandmother to >hold them," he said. > >Karen Watson of Bakersfield, Calif., also died and two >others, whose names were being withheld, were injured Monday >in the attack. > >The five were attacked while traveling together in a car on >the eastern side of the city, officials said. > >Lail said a memorial service is being planned but no date >has been set. > >Wilson said Jean Elliott was one of eight children. Her >siblings include Mrs. Wilson, who lives in Kings Mountain, >Bill Dover of Shelby, Nanci Ellis of Shelby, Carol Ledford >of Shelby, Jimmy Dover of the Charlotte area, Joyce Whitten >from Indiana and Peggy Ann Dover, who died at birth. > >The Associated Press contributed to this report. >8840-3/16/2004-LN > > > >Sharon Dover Romanek >Primary e-mail: [email protected] >Secondary e-mail: [email protected] > >Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, >Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, >Allen > >It's 2004... 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