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 ...

Dolly Parton’s biggest Tennessee fans are petitioning to rename their airport, which is currently known as Nashville ...

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 ...

Parton's mother died in late 2003, while her father, Robert Lee Parton Sr., died in 2000. In the interview, Parton also sang a bit of the first song she ever wrote, "Little Tiny Tasseltop," shared ...

To celebrate, she made stops Tuesday in both states to promote the program and tell the story of her father, Robert Lee Parton, who died in 2000. ''In the mountains, a lot of people never had a ...

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 ...