Parton’s mom, Avie Lee Parton, made the singer’s wedding dress for her 1966 nuptials to Carl Thomas Dean

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Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean eloped in 1966

Parton’s original wedding rings were from Sears, and when she lost one of them years later, she bought the replacement from Sears out of tradition

The couple renewed their vows in 2016 and used the occasion to raise money for children’s charities

Dolly Parton loved her husband Carl Thomas Dean so much, she married him twice — in two completely different wedding dresses.

The couple, who met at a laundromat on Parton’s first day in Nashville in 1964 and eloped two years later on May…

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