Dolly Parton laid to rest next to late husband in private Nashville funeral

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Set us as preferred Dolly Parton has been laid to rest in a private ceremony.The immediate family of the country western star who died last week gathered at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville on Friday morning.Parton was buried alongside her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025.

The bronze crypt plate mounted at the mausoleum had the star’s name engraved on it before she died, alongside her husband’s name and a depiction of her Tennessee home.In a social media post, Amelia Young from Nashville’s NewsChannel 5 shared photos of Parton’s burial site and said that the cemetery had set out velvet ropes and guest books so fans could visit Parton and pay their respects.

“Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media tagging @dollyparton,” according to the cemetery’s obituary.In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum is Nashville’s largest cemetery, where many other country western stars have been interred including George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Marty Robbins and Porter Wagoner — Parton’s former mentor, for whom she wrote “I Will Always Love You” as a professional farewell when she went solo in 1973.Parton’s great-niece Lainey Parton shared a tribute following the funeral, writing on Instagram, “This is a really hard post for me to make.

I wanted to wait until after my granny was laid to rest yesterday before I tried to put any of this into words.Entertainment & Arts Dolly Parton spent decades gifting books to millions of children.

Following her death at 80, the Dollywood Foundation plans to carry her mission with Imagination Library forward.“From the time I was little, my granny always had a way...