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All About Dolly Parton's Late Parents, Robert Lee and Avie Lee Parton

Dolly Parton is a country music legend, philanthropist and style icon — but she had to overcome a lot to get there. She grew up as one of 12 children of Robert Lee (who goes by Lee) and Avie Lee Parton in the Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee.

Today, Dolly’s superstar career has included several Grammy awards and Oscar, Emmy and Tony nominations. She's also written best-selling books like Songteller, starred in iconic movies like Steel Magnoliasand 9 to 5, opened her own Dollywood theme park and secured a permanent place in the hearts of fans across the globe.

Many members of the Parton family have been involved in her career, too. She's also found ways to honor her parents, Lee and Avie Lee, who died in 2000 and 2003, respectively. Lee inspired her nonprofit Imagination Library, which has given more than 200 million books to children all over the world, and there are tributes to both her parents throughout her theme park.

But who are Robert Lee and Avie Lee Parton? Read on to learn about their life raising 12 children in a two-room mountain cabin, how Dolly included them in her country music career and how she keeps their memory alive today.

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Dolly Parton's Siblings: All About the Country Legend's 11 Brothers and Sisters

For Dolly Parton, the real stars in her life are her six brothers and five sisters: Willadeene, David, Coy, Robert Jr., Stella, Cassie, Randy, Larry, Floyd and twins Freida and Rachel.

The siblings were raised by parents Robert and Avie Lee Parton in a three-bedroom cabin near the Smoky Mountains in Sevierville, Tenn. Though the family of 14 didn’t have much, they did have each other and music.

"I grew up in a very musical family, all my mother's people were very musical, so I was always around people playing instruments and singing, and my mom singing the old songs," Dolly told PEOPLE in 2020. "So that was just part of my being and I just knew I loved it. I just continued doing that, it was just a natural thing."

The youngest Parton, Rachel, previously told PEOPLE, “Singing was like breathing at home.” She recalled her and her siblings spending their time “concocting songs” only for their mom to “transcribe the tunes and have the whole tribe sing them after supper.”

The tradition has carried the Parton siblings through their adult years. In 2015, the siblings gathered for the release of the TV movie Coat of Many Colors, which is based on the Parton family's poverty-stri