Dolly Parton supporters push petition to rename Nashville airport: 'Departin' from Parton!'

Supporters of state euphony icon Dolly Patron person gathered astir 50,000 signatures for a petition to rename Nashville International Airport successful her honor.

"As arrogant citizens of Tennessee, we are motivated by our deep-rooted admiration for the nationalist treasure and Tennessee legend, Dolly Parton," the petition connected Change.org reads.

"She is not lone a celebrated creator who encourages love, acceptance, and goodwill done her music, but besides a philanthropist, known for her countless contributions to society."

The petition, which was created connected January 21, has reached astir 50,000 signatures since its creation. 

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Fans propulsion to rename Nashville International Airport aft state euphony icon Dolly Patron.

"It is lone fitting that an instauration arsenic important arsenic Nashville International Airport carries the sanction of specified a singular woman," the petition reads. 

The organizers said they judge Dolly Parton should beryllium celebrated for her "philanthropic efforts and her outstanding power successful the euphony industry." 

"Dolly has made important impacts connected thousands of lives, particularly done her Imagination Library program, which has talented implicit 100 cardinal books to children since it began successful 1995," the organizers wrote. 

"We petition that the airport’s sanction beryllium changed to Dolly Parton International Airport to grant an icon who has fixed truthful overmuch to our authorities and to the world," the petition continued. "We could each beryllium Departin’ from Parton!"

Parton besides donated $1 cardinal of her ain wealth to Hurricane Helene alleviation efforts aft the tempest devastated the Carolinas aft making landfall on the Florida seashore connected Sept. 26, 2024.

DOLLY PARTON JOINS HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF EFFORTS WITH $1M DONATION: 'THESE ARE MY PEOPLE'

Dolly Parton has been a state euphony prima for decades. (Daniel Boczarski)

Parton's Dollywood besides added an further $1 cardinal to the alleviation fund, donating to The Mountain Ways Foundation.

"I'm blessed to beryllium here," Parton said during a property conference. "And I'm definite a batch of you are wondering wherever I've been. Everybody's saying, 'Where's Dolly? Well, I've been similar everybody else, trying to sorb everything going on, trying to fig retired each the champion ways to bash this," she continued earlier singing astir Hurricane Helene to the tune of her deed song, "Jolene."

Parton, who grew up successful eastbound Tennessee, noted that she wanted to springiness backmost to the assemblage wherever she was raised.

"We're each present to mend these breached hearts, and that's what I'm doing here," she said. "So, I really, truly privation that we were each unneurotic for different reason."

In total, Helene claimed the lives of 249 radical successful 7 states, according to information from the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

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Dolly Parton donated $1 cardinal to Hurricane Helene alleviation efforts. (Walmart)

The Dolly Parton organizers told WKRN that the petition is not against immoderate politician, and they began moving connected this effort earlier the Trump connection came together.  

"The information that this, that this thought had been already precocious picked up successful naming it aft someone, it truly kicked america and spurred america into enactment and saying, ‘If this is an option, if this is thing that you’re consenting to consider, deliberation astir Dolly’," co-organizer Dan Dion told the outlet.

As of Monday, nary Tennessee lawmakers person formally commented connected the petition oregon the instauration of a measure to contiguous to Tennessee's legislature.

Back successful January, Tennessee Republican State Rep. Todd Warner filed House Bill 217, which would rename Nashville International Airport to grant Donald Trump.

However, Warner removed the measure from information anterior to being heard by the House Naming & Designating Committee connected Feb. 24.

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The measure saw much absorption successful the committee, peculiarly from the Nashville lawmakers connected the committee, WKRN reported. 

"First of all, this measure is simply a discarded of clip and money," Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) said, claiming "Trump has nary transportation to our community" and has led the federation "on the way of shame, connected the way of recklessness."

The measure yet failed to determination forward.

Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report. 

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