Why a North Georgia town meant so much to Dolly Parton

Community members and fans gathered in North Georgia to mourn country music legend Dolly Parton after her passing , honoring the city where her marriage began. Locals and fans from far away laid flowers beneath a giant mural of Dolly Parton in Ringgold. Honoring Dolly Parton Parton and her husband, Carl Dean , eloped in the city just over the Tennessee border on May 30, 1966, because they could…