Funeral services are scheduled Saturday for a ‘well-loved’ Habersham County coach who died unexpectedly. Coach Shane Dover passed away on Tuesday, January 4, from an apparent heart attack. He was 52 years old.
Habersham County Emergency Services responded to a 911 call about a man having a heart attack at North Habersham Middle School shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday. EMS transported the patient to Habersham Medical Center in Demorest where he was pronounced dead. Habersham County Coroner Kasey McEntire confirms Dover was the one transported.
Dover taught at Hilliard Wilbanks Middle School and also coached football and baseball at Habersham Central High. Outside of school, he served as a youth minister at Habersham Baptist Church. Retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation after 26 years, Dover’s family says working with youth was his true calling.
“Shane’s true calling was working with youth in any capacity he could serve especially coaching and teaching,” his obituary states. “Coach Dover was loved by all who knew him, especially his family and students.”
A funeral service will be held at Noon on Saturday, January 8, in the Habersham Central High School auditorium. Visitation with the family will be held Thursday and Friday, January 6 and 7, from 4 to 8 p.m. both nights at the Whitfield Funeral Homes North Chapel in Demorest.
Coach Dover is survived by his wife, Kristie, and three sons, Sawyer, Sutton, and Slade.
