David Parton, the older brother of music icon Dolly Parton, has handed away on the age of 82.
The somber information was shared by their sister Stella Parton in a heartfelt social media submit early Friday morning, November 15.
‘My brother David handed away peacefully this morning,’ Stella wrote on X at 5:54 a.m. ‘It’s by no means simple to say goodbye to a beloved one, however he obtained his angel wings and is now at peace.’
David Wilburn Parton was considered one of 12 siblings born to Robert and Avie Lee Parton, a household celebrated for his or her roots in Sevier County, Tennessee.
The Parton youngsters, in beginning order, are Willadeene, David Wilburn, Coy Denver, Dolly Rebecca, Bobby Lee, Stella Mae, Cassie Nan, Randel Huston ‘Randy,’ Larry Gerald, twins Estel Floyd and Freida Estelle, and Rachel Ann, per Dolly’s web site.
The household has not launched additional particulars about David’s passing.
David Parton, the older brother of music icon Dolly Parton , has handed away on the age of 82; (pictured 1980)
The somber information was shared by their sister Stella Parton in a heartfelt social media submit early Friday morning, November 15
Dolly Parton (middle) and fogeys in 1987
Followers shortly flooded the feedback part with condolences and phrases of assist for the Parton household.
‘So sorry to your loss, and the way fortunate he was to have two superb sisters,’ wrote one follower.
One other shared, ‘Could his soul relaxation in peace and will his reminiscence be with you endlessly.’
David Parton led a non-public life, steering away from the celebrity that outlined a lot of his household’s legacy in leisure.
His passing marks the fourth lack of a brother within the Parton household.
The youngest sibling, Larry, handed away shortly after his beginning in 1955.
Floyd, identified for his songwriting abilities and artistic collaborations with Dolly, died in 2018 at 61.
Randy, one other musically gifted sibling who typically shared the stage with Dolly, succumbed to most cancers in 2021 on the age of 67.
Dolly Parton and sister Stella Parton arrive on the premiere of Warner Bros. Tv’s “Dolly Parton’s Coat Of Many Colours” on the Egyptian Theatre on December 2, 2015
{A photograph} of the Parton household from Dolly’s Instagram
On the time, Dolly took to social media to mourn Randy.
‘The household and I are grieving his loss however we all know he’s in a greater place than we’re right now,’ she stated.
‘We’re a household of religion and we imagine that he’s protected with God and that he’s joined by family members which have gone on earlier than and have welcomed him with pleasure and open arms.’
She went on to speak about his abilities, calling Randy ‘an ideal singer, author, and entertainer’ who ‘sang, performed guitar and bass in [Dolly’s] band for a few years.’
‘He headed his personal present at Dollywood because it opened in 1986. He is had a number of chart data of his personal, however his duet with me on Previous Flames Cannot Maintain A Candle To You’ll at all times be a spotlight in my very own profession.’
