00:00Hey everyone, my name is Brian Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I am representing the Parton and Owens family
00:06today announcing the passing of my Aunt Dolly, Rebecca Parton Dean, sister, sis, Aunt Granny to one generation and Gigi
00:14to the next.
00:16This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago before I fully absorbed it as a future reality.
00:21As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have
00:27imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven't truly felt it until now.
00:31It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness.
00:36But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly.
00:39Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents, and
00:45countless others who have watched her and longed for her to meet them in the heavens.
00:49I first went on the road with Dolly as a kid, getting a taste of the road life in the
00:54early 1980s.
00:55Dolly opened doors not just for me, but for her entire family to reach the potential we didn't even know
01:01was possible.
01:02Dolly also opened doors for generations of singers, songwriters, musicians, and dreamers from every walk of life and across every
01:09continent.
01:10By her example, we believed that anything was possible.
01:13She never saw a door she couldn't open, and the doors she opened made and changed history.
01:20My family and I have shared a lifetime of beautiful memories with Dolly, but so have you.
01:25She has always been on your television, your record player, your CD, and on your phone playlist, becoming an extended
01:32part of your family whether you liked it or not.
01:34Our family and the team she has entrusted with her legacy will work diligently to ensure her spirit will live
01:40with us forever.
01:42Dolly was a farmer, just like her daddy.
01:44He farmed the soil.
01:46She farmed songs and happiness.
01:48Dolly called me and said she wants to rest in a beautiful bed of plush cotton because after a life
01:53wearing heavy rhinestones,
01:54she finally deserves to be comfortable and have some rest.
01:58Rest in peace, Aunt Dolly.
02:00Aunt Granny.
02:01Gigi.
02:02May God bless Dolly Barton, and may God bless you all.
02:06She will always love you.
