Dolly Parton: Diamond in a Rhinestone World

Dolly Parton: Diamond in a Rhinestone World — page 5
he was intelligent and hardworking He grew crops such as beans corn and tobacco He also worked as a construction laborer Avie Lee Parton was a preacher’s daughter Her father Jake Owens was the pastor of a church that Dolly attended as a child At the age of six Dolly began singing and performing at her grandfather’s church The Partons lived a modest life The walls of their two-room home were covered with floral wallpaper and newspaper Their clothes food and toys were homemade as was most of their entertainment Electricity hadn’t yet reached this rural area of Tennessee but the Partons had a battery-powered radio Tennessee Mountain Home at the Dollywood theme park is a reproduction of the home where Dolly Parton grew up