{"id":19992,"date":"2026-07-28T16:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19992"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:12:40","slug":"dolly-partons-brother-coy-denver-parton-dead-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19992","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s Brother Coy \u201cDenver\u201d Parton Dead at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>The Parton family is in mourning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/dolly_parton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Coy \u201cDenver\u201d Parton<\/strong><\/a>, 82, brother of <strong>Dolly Parton<\/strong>, 80, has died on July 23, according to his obituary shared by Atchley Funeral Home in Sevierville, Tenn., where the crane operator was based. The cause of death has not been shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Denver&#8217;s trade in construction\u2014following in the footsteps of his late older brother <strong>David Parton<\/strong>\u2014led him to build bridges throughout his career, the obituary noted. In addition, Denver, one of <strong>Lee Parton<\/strong> and <strong>Avie Lee Owens Parton<\/strong>&#8216;s 12 children, was a dedicated hunter and homestead farmer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Denver is survived by his older sister, <strong>Willadeene Parton<\/strong>, 86, and younger siblings <strong>Bobby Lee Parton<\/strong>, 78, <strong>Stella Parton<\/strong>, 77, <strong>Cassie Griffith<\/strong>, 75, <strong>Freida Parton<\/strong>, 69, <strong>Rachel George<\/strong>, 66 and <strong>Laura Price<\/strong>, as well as the \u201cJolene\u201d singer. The Tennessee native also leaves behind daughters Chris Parton and Jennifer Parton, as well as his grandson, Ian Parton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parton family is in mourning. Coy \u201cDenver\u201d Parton, 82, brother of Dolly Parton, 80, has died on July 23, according to his obituary shared by Atchley Funeral Home in Sevierville, Tenn., where the crane operator was based. The cause of death has not been shared.\u00a0 Denver&#8217;s trade in construction\u2014following in the footsteps of his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20260727\/6b2001bd-fe9a-4a83-9915-d5e8c4ec17f7_1785186770.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&output-quality=90&crop=1200:1200;center,top","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}