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Avie Lee Caroline Owens Parton (1923-2003) - Find a Grave

  • Country music icon Dolly Parton’s mother, Avie Lee Owens Parton, is often considered her famous daughter’s very first musical influence.

    • Ava "Avie" Lee Caroline Parton (Owens) (1923 - 2003 ...

      Avie Lee Parton was born on October 5, in Lockhart, South Carolina, USA. She was married to Robert Lee Parton.
    Ava Lee (Owens) Parton (1923 - 2003) - WikiTree

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    Avie Lee Owens: Cause Of Death, What Happened To Dolly Parton ...

  • Avie Lee Owens Parton, age 80 of Sevierville died Friday December 5, 2003.
    • Avie Lee Parton was born on October 5, 1923 in Lockhart, South Carolina, USA. She was married to Robert Lee Parton.
    Avie Lee Caroline Owens was born in Lockhart, South Carolina, a cotton farming community.
    Lee was born on March 22, 1921, in Sevierville, Tennessee, while Avie Lee was born on Oct. 5, 1923, in Lockhart, South Carolina.

    Avie Lee Owens + Robert Parton: A Closer Look At Dolly Parton ...

  • Country music icon Dolly Parton’s mother, Avie Lee Owens Parton, is often considered her famous daughter’s very first musical influence.

    • Dolly Parton Parents: Meet Robert Lee Sr & Avie Lee Owens

  • Avie Lee Owens was born on October 5 1923, in Sevierville.

    • Avie Lee Caroline Owens Parton (1923-2003) - Find a Grave ...

      Avie Lee Owens raised Parton and her ten siblings (one sibling tragically died in infancy) in a one-room cabin in the Appalachian mountains of east Tennessee.

    Avie Lee Caroline Owens Parton (1923-2003) – Find...

      Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Avie (Owens) Parton born South Carolina, United States died Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States including ancestors + children + 3 photos + 1 genealogist comments + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community.
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    Avie Lee was extremely resourceful and supported her financially struggling family in everything she did, from canning food to caring for their medical and emotional needs. Although she passed away in 2003 at the age of 80, her love of family was immortalized in Dolly’s song, “Coat of Many Colors” and her first-ever childhood song “Little Tiny Tasseltop.” Both tunes tell the story behind Avie Lee’s lovingly handmade gifts— a patchwork coat made from scraps of fabric and a corncob doll with corn silk hair.

    Through her humble gifts, she taught Dolly an important lesson in seeing the real value of your blessings, no matter now small. This lesson would become a major part of Dolly’s life philosophy. In her book, “Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business,” Parton recalls what happened after “Coat of Many Colors” made her a major success:

    “After the song had become a hit and had done so much for my career, I wanted to go back home and repay Mama for all the love she