Dolly Parton’s longtime husband, who had ties to Churches of Christ, dies at 82
NASHVILLE, TENN. — “Mr. & Mrs. Carl Dean.”
The black-and-white picture of the newlywed couple appeared in a 1966 directory of the Radnor Church of Christ in Nashville.
A portrait of Carl Dean and his wife, Dolly Parton, from a 1966 church directory.
Happily married to the pretty blond for nearly 60 years, Carl Thomas Dean eschewed the media spotlight for decades. He died Monday, March 3, at age 82.
Mrs. Dean, who met her future husband on the day she moved to Music City after her 1964 high school graduation, is better known as country music superstar Dolly Parton. Parton announced her husband’s passing on social media.
Read The Christian Chronicle’s 2021 feature on the couple’s connection to Churches of Christ.
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— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) March 4, 2025
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