{"id":98539,"date":"2026-09-10T16:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stella-parton-says-her-sister-dolly-parton-was-prepared-and-at-peace-when-she-died-knew-where-she-was-goin\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:29:19","slug":"stella-parton-says-her-sister-dolly-parton-was-prepared-and-at-peace-when-she-died-knew-where-she-was-goin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stella-parton-says-her-sister-dolly-parton-was-prepared-and-at-peace-when-she-died-knew-where-she-was-goin\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella Parton says her sister Dolly Parton was prepared and at peace when she died: &#8220;Knew where she was goin'&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Stella Parton says her sister <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dolly-parton-dies-age-80-country-music-star\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dolly Parton<\/a><\/span> was &#8220;definitely prepared&#8221; and at peace when she died late last month after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dolly-parton-sister-stella-parton-cancer-battle-private\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">battling cancer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know she was at peace,&#8221; Stella Parton told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; co-host Gayle King in an exclusive interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could always tell by looking at her face, even if I hadn&#8217;t seen her in months. On camera, I could tell if she was hurt, angry, happy or sad, or felt bad. I could see it on her,&#8221; Stella Parton said.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are still <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dolly-parton-death-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mourning the death of Dolly<\/a><\/span> \u2013 a country music superstar, businesswoman, philanthropist and visionary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But to Stella Parton, the larger-than-life legend was simply a big sister who she spoke to on the phone every Tuesday morning over coffee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She knew where she was goin&#8217;,&#8221; Stella Parton said about how her sister felt before she died. &#8220;She wasn&#8217;t goin&#8217; anywhere bad. She was going to be with Mama and Daddy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stella Parton sat down with King at RCA Studio A, a music recording studio in Nashville where Dolly Parton recorded some of her most memorable songs. She recalled being just 7 years old when her sister, who was 10 at the time, started her career in TV and music, becoming &#8220;like a bird that just flew off. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The girl who was raised in poverty in rural Tennessee later launched into stardom.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her career, Dolly Parton was married to Carl Thomas Dean. He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/carl-dean-dolly-parton-husband-dies-at-82\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died last year<\/a><\/span>, in March, after nearly 60 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Stella Parton said Carl &#8220;was quiet and shy,&#8221; and that he &#8220;adored&#8221; Dolly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was fascinated with her. He thought she was funny like Tinker Bell, you know?&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>They had a sweet, private romance, according to Stella Parton. And while he was proud of her and &#8220;loved her enough to let her be what she was,&#8221; he would have preferred things to be different in some ways, she suggested. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He would rather her be at the house with her hair up in a ponytail and barefooted, cookin&#8217; in the kitchen and just, you know, messin&#8217; around the house. That&#8217;s, I think, that&#8217;s what he would have preferred,&#8221; Stella Parton said.<\/p>\n<p>She said Dolly Parton was &#8220;very sad&#8221; after Carl died but that she doesn&#8217;t think that&#8217;s why her sister became ill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know their relationship was very unique and very deep and loyal. And I think it broke her heart to see him in the shape he, you know, got to before he passed away,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s what made her sick. I think my sister worked so hard for so long and just kept going. You know, even to the last conversation I had with her, she was working. That was her passion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stella Parton said her sister was &#8220;a good businesswoman,&#8221; which is why she famously kept her political opinions private.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She had an opinion about things but she never shared any of that,&#8221; Stella Parton said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The star was also consistent in maintaining her iconic image \u2013 even privately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stella Parton said she never saw her sister without makeup &#8220;after she got to be Dolly Parton.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She would sleep in her makeup when she&#8217;d come spend the night with me,&#8221; Stella Parton said.<\/p>\n<p>While the public has seen an outpouring of support since her death, Stella Parton said she hasn&#8217;t personally heard from anyone in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t had one condolence from anyone, anybody that I know, entertainers that I know. Nobody,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m assuming it might be because of my political, you know, activism on social media. I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Stella Parton said when it comes to her sister,<strong> <\/strong>it&#8217;s her optimism that she will miss the most, &#8220;because she was the most optimistic person I ever knew.&#8221; And she wants her sister to be remembered as sweet, kind, loving, talented and brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her creativity had no bounds, you know? And she could dream bigger than anybody,&#8221; Stella Parton said. &#8220;And I want young people, young\u2013 young girls and boys that may think they have no opportunity to dream, coming from our situation; she gave us permission to dream that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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