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Dolly Parton Latest Honor Comes From The FBI

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Dolly Parton has another honor to add on her awards shelf and this one is from the Knoxville, Tennessee Branch of the FBI.

Parton and her Dollywood Foundation received the FBI awarded the Dollywood Foundation with the 2018 Director’s Community Leadership Award because they provided $10,000 to each of the 900 families who lost their homes in the 2016 wildfires.

The FBI said in a press release, “The donations brought renewed hope to a community devastated by the worst natural disaster in Tennessee history,”

Dolly said in a thank you video, “Is is an honor for me to be recognized by the FBI because there’s no higher calling then your vision to protect and to serve us. Have the faith and the strength and the vision to make your dreams come true.”

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
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