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 ...

Parton saw the impact literacy can have in an individual’s life specifically with her father, Robert Lee Parton, who she says was “one of the smartest people I’ve ever known,” but was emba ...

He was preceded in death by his infant son, Donnie; father and mother, Robert Lee and Avie Lee Owens Parton; brothers, Larry, Floyd and Randy Parton. David was one of Dolly’s 11 siblings born to ...

The inspiration for this initiative comes from a deeply personal place—her father, Robert Lee Parton, who grew up poor in the Appalachian mountains and never learned to read. Parton ...

What is the Imagination Library Program? The singer’s mission began as a way to honor her father, Robert Lee Parton, who was unable to read and write. Parton began the program in 1995 ...

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.

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 ...

He was preceded in death by his infant son, Donnie; his father and mother, Robert Lee and Avie Lee Owens Parton; his brothers, Larry, Floyd and Randy Parton; his niece, Tever Parton; his sisters ...

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 Parton's father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read.Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission over the past three decades to ...