'She goes, 'You got to make hay while the sun shines.' I said, 'I know that's right,'' Tanya Tucker remembers. 'So that was the last thing I think she said to me.'
Dolly Parton's childhood wasn't without pain, but her sister Stella believes she turned those experiences into something powerful — music that lifted other people up.
Stella Parton is speaking out about the way people have responded to Dolly's death, asking others to think twice about their words and actions during a painful time.
For 35 years, bald eagles were part of the Dollywood experience. After a storm damaged their longtime home, the birds now have a new permanent address.
The country music icon had already chosen the song she wanted played at her funeral. The reason goes back to a deeply personal memory involving her dad.