Dolly Parton's family gather for private Nashville burial as Tennessee moves to rename airport in her honour
Bryan Seaver, Dolly Parton's nephew and head of security who announced her death on Tuesday, was seen overseeing arrangements as police ringed Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville.Dolly Parton will be interred beside Carl Dean in a bronze-panelled tomb depicting a Tennessee mountain landscape, as the state's governor moves to rename Nashville International Airport in her honour.
Around a dozen of Dolly Parton's relatives gathered Friday at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, where she will be interred beside her husband Carl Dean in a bronze-panelled tomb depicting a Tennessee mountain landscape. Bryan Seaver — her nephew and head of security, who announced her death at 80 on Tuesday after a short cancer illness — was seen overseeing arrangements as police ringed the cemetery.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is seeking to rename Nashville International Airport after Parton, with her representatives said to be open to the idea.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul's highway-sign tribute — 'Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, don't speed' — may breach federal road safety rules discouraging distracting pop-culture references.
Steel Magnolias co-star Sally Field paid tribute online, writing: 'If there are truly angels on earth, then we have just lost one.'
