MATTHEWS, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) today announced the passing of Mark R. Bernstein, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, on April 27, 2015. Mr. Bernstein was among Family Dollar’s longest tenured Board Members, having joined the Board in 1980. Mr. Bernstein most recently served as Lead Director from 2004 to January 2013. “We are deeply saddened by Mark’s death,” said Howard Levine, Family Dollar’s CEO and Chairman of the Board. “Mark served on our