Willadeene, David, Coy, Robert Jr., Stella, Cassie, Randy, Larry, Floyd and twins Freida and Rachel For Dolly Parton, the real stars in her life are her six brothers and five sisters: Willadeene, ...

Robert Lee and Avie Lee Parton had 12 children, including country music legend Dolly Parton Julie Tremaine is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has ...

The Parton family, raised by Robert and Avie Lee Parton, grew up in the Appalachia region of Tennessee, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Over the years, Dolly Parton hasn't shied away ...

Parton is said to sing this line to her sister everytime she walks into her kitchen. The two sisters share nine other siblings as the daughters of Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Owens. They have ...

Their mother Avie Lee often struggled with her mental health and their father Robert Lee Parton was a drinker, meaning Dolly and her siblings Stella and 'second mother' Willadeene were forced to ...

The log cabin only had one bedroom. Photos of Parton's parents, Avie Lee Owens and Robert Lee Parton, hung above the bed. Parton has come a long way since her humble beginnings, but she has stayed ...

He was 82. David was one of Dolly’s 11 siblings born to Robert and Avie Lee Parton. The couple shared six boys and six girls.

Dolly Rebecca Parton was born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, as the fourth of 12 children in a poor family. Her parents, Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer, and Avie Lee Owens, instilled in her a ...

The siblings were raised by parents Robert and Avie Lee Parton in a three-bedroom cabin near the Smoky Mountains in Sevierville, Tenn. Though the family of 14 didn’t have much, they did have ...