Dolly Parton laid to rest as niece shares emotional tribute to Granny
Dolly Parton has been laid to rest, days after the country music icon died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday.On Saturday, Parton’s niece, Lainey Mae Parton, shared a heartfelt tribute to the late country music icon on Instagram, reflecting on the private moments and unwavering support she received from her "Granny.""This is a really hard post for me to make," Lainey Mae wrote."I wanted to wait until after my granny was laid to rest yesterday before I tried to put any of this into words."STEVE DOOCY: THE DOLLY PARTON I SAW WHEN THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLINGDolly Parton was laid to rest on Friday, her niece confirmed.
(Katherine Bomboy/NBC via Getty Images)"From the time I was little, my granny always had a way of making me feel like I was enough," she continued."She never made my dreams feel too big or made me feel like I couldn’t do something.
She believed in me before I even knew how to believe in myself."PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORELainey Mae said she could not think of a single bad memory with Parton and praised the singer for making her family feel deeply loved.DOLLY PARTON’S SIX-DECADE LOVE STORY WITH CARL DEAN BEGAN AT A LAUNDROMAT"Because she couldn’t have kids of her own, she always made us feel like we were hers," she wrote."She loved us that way, and I’ll forever be grateful for that."One memory that stood out, Lainey Mae said, was being asked to sing with Parton on her "Smoky Mountain DNA" album while she was a freshman in high school.DOLLY PARTON'S PATH FROM NASHVILLE NEWCOMER TO BILLBOARD'S NO.
1 COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST OF ALL TIME"I was SO nervous," she recalled."But she had a way of making me feel like nothing bad could happen.
She made me feel safe, confident, and like I belonged right there beside her."Country singer Dolly Parton died on Tuesday, Aug.25.
(Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Lainey Mae also remembered Parton’s support when she decided to attend beauty school instead of col...