Dolly Parton and her siblings got new shoes once a year. Their father, Robert Lee Parton, would make the trek into town with his childrens’ foot sizes marked in sticks and pick out 12 pairs of shoes to last through the fall and winter. Whether the shoes actually fit or not, the Parton kids would always tell their dad the shoes fit perfectly.
Dolly Parton | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images How Robert Lee would buy his kids’ shoes
Every year, the Parton kids needed new shoes. But there wasn’t a good way to haul all 12 of them into town to try them on.
“Transportation was a big problem, and Daddy was not about to try to drag all of us into town with him,” Parton wrote in her first memoir, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “He usually only went about once every six weeks or so, and it...
Dolly Parton | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images How Robert Lee would buy his kids’ shoes
Every year, the Parton kids needed new shoes. But there wasn’t a good way to haul all 12 of them into town to try them on.
“Transportation was a big problem, and Daddy was not about to try to drag all of us into town with him,” Parton wrote in her first memoir, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business. “He usually only went about once every six weeks or so, and it...
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- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
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- PEOPLE.com
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