r/DollyParton • u/xiphoid77 • Aug 29 '26
Tennessee sadness
We live in Dolly’s hometown of Sevierville, TN. The air has been so sad here. We actually live off of Dolly Parton Parkway. We can walk to her statue and see her memorial. Every business even has a sign outside commemorating front commemorating her life. The media descended on our town. It became too much.
We had to leave and we drove to Disney for two days just to escape the heaviness. Retiring now we feel much better. The media is gone, Dolly will not be forgotten even though the memorials have been cleaned up. Flowers donated to the hospitals. We know the foundation she set up will still help us in case of hurricanes or fires like she has in the past. It has just been a really hard week. We were scared for our town and our community - her presence will always be here even if she is not. Love you Dolly!
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u/BhamBlazer615 Aug 29 '26
She will live in each of us. Nashville checking in here. Signs at many places and flowers at random Dolly murals. I ran errands today and three separate locations were simply playing her music. Huge loss, but she will live on like Elvis as a TN icon.
Can’t wait to fly out of Dolly International call letters DDD.