U.S. 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

                              Knuckles, Barbara M.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

                               100 Mission Ridge
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                                    (Street)

                            Goodlettsville, TN 37072
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


                         Dollar General Corporation DG
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)



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4.   Statement for Month/Year


                                   April 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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

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


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

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                   6.
                                                    4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                    Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                       3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                       Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                         2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                       Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security        Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)               (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock            04/04/2002      S                2,000      D     $15.45                   D
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Common Stock            04/04/2002      S                4,000      D     $15.41    726            D

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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).





                                                           FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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



**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).


   /s/ Barbara M. Knuckles                              5/03/2002
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** Signature of Reporting Person                           Date


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

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information  contained
in this form are not  required to respond  unless the form  displays a currently
valid OMB number. Page 2 SEC 1474 (3-99)


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