Avie Lee Parton
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About
Family member who is the mother of Dolly Parton. She raised 12 kids including her famous daughter and passed away in 2003. She was always very supportive of her daughter's singing and acting career.
Before Fame
She grew up as the daughter of a preacher. She married Robert Lee Parton in 1939 and had six boys and six girls. Her daughter was very open about the fact that even though the family grew up very poor, there was a lot of love and singing to go around.
Trivia
Dolly wrote the song Coat of Many Colors for her mom. It tells the story of her sewing her daughter a beautiful coat out of scraps of fabric raising her kids in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee.
Family Life
Her parents are Rena and Jake Robert Owens. She was married to Robert Lee and had 12 kids including Dolly Parton, Willadeene, David Wilburn, Coy Denver, Bobby Lee, Stella Mae, Cassie Nan, Randel Huston "Randy," Larry Gerald, Estel Floyd and Freida Estelle (twins) and Rachel Ann.
Associated With
Her daughter co-starred with Burt Reynolds in the movie, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
