Avie Lee Owens is the late mother of Dolly Rebecca Parton a well-known singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Avie Lee’s daughter, Dolly Parton is known for her work in country music. She has been successful in her career as she has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. She has garnered 11 Grammy Awards as well as 50 nominations.
Avie Lee Owens: Bio Summary
| Name | Avie Lee Owens |
| Date of birth | October 5, 1923 |
| Place of birth | Sevierville, Tennessee |
| Parents | Rena Kansas Owens and Jake Robert Owens |
| Spouse | Robert Lee Parton |
| Children | Dolly, Willadeene, Stella, Randy, Cassie, Rachel, Larry, Coy, Floyd Estel, and Freida Estelle, David, and Bobby Lee |
| Death | December 5, 2003 |
Avie Lee Owens Personal Life
Avie Lee Owens is a celebrity mother. She celebrates her birthday once every year on October 5. She was born in the year 1923. She hails from Sevierville, Tennessee, in the United States of America. Avie was born to her parents Rena Kansas Owens and Jake Robert Owens.
Avie’s mother, Rena Kansas Owens was born on March 14, 1902, in South Carolina but passed away on August 15, 1968, in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States at the age of 66 years. Avie’s father, Jake Robert Owens, a Pentecostal preacher was born on 25 Jul 1899 in Haywood, North Carolina. He died on 13 May 1992 at age 92 in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA.
Avie Lee Owens got married to Robert Lee Parton. The pair got married in 1939. They gave birth to 12 children including twins. They had six boys and six girls. The couple’s children are Willadeene, David Wilburn, Coy Denver, Dolly Rebecca, Bobby Lee, Stella Mae, Cassie Nan, Randel Huston “Randy,” Larry Gerald, Floyd Estel, and Freida Estelle (twins), and Rachel Ann.
Avie Lee Owens’ 11 pregnancies which included twins, in 20 years made her a mother of 12 kids by age 35. She was a very hardworking woman. She took care of her large family as a stay home mother. She had a way of knowing when one of her children needed a little extra attention. She had creative ways of making them feel special.
According to her daughter Dolly’s website, Avie Lee ‘would often announce they were having Stone Soup for supper and would send all the children out to find the perfect stone. When they returned with their treasured stones in hand, Avie Lee examined each one and commented on its merits.’
‘She would then choose one very special stone; the one brought back by the child who needed a little extra love on that day. She tended to her family’s every need while bringing faith and happiness to her home.’ Avie Lee’s family were originally from Wales and they sang the old songs of the immigrants who had moved to southern Appalachia over a century earlier.
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Avie Lee Owens was known to have sung old “English, Irish, Welsh, folk songs to entertain her children. Avie Lee’s husband Robert Lee Parton reportedly worked in the mountains of East Tennessee as a sharecropper during his early adulthood. He later bought a small land for a tobacco farm, while raising livestock at the same time. He also worked at construction sites to help fund his large family’s needs.
Avie Lee Owens: Cause Of Death
Avie Lee Owens took her final breath on December 5, 2003. She reportedly suffered from a series of strokes before died. She died in Sevierville, Tennessee, in the United States of America. Avie Lee Owens died at the age of 80 years.
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Avie’s husband Robert Lee Parton also passed away on November 19, 2000, at the age of 79. Robert Lee Parton died at the Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee after several complications of one or more strokes.
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