Dollywood Friends Reunite in Sevierville After Years as Chosen Family
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Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 29
Dollywood Friends Reunite in Sevierville After Years as Chosen Family
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 29
Summary
Sevierville hosted a dusk reunion outside its courthouse square, where Robbie Thompson, Garner Byram Jr., Libby Rollf and others gathered after years of treating one another as family.
The group’s bond began long ago in a line at Dollywood, turning a chance meeting into a lasting chosen-family relationship.
Robbie Thompson flew from Orlando, Garner Byram Jr. drove from Waynesboro, Virginia, and Libby Rollf came from Kansas City, Kansas, with others arriving from Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida.
The gathering unfolded beside an impromptu shrine to Dolly Parton in her hometown, tying the reunion back to the place where the connections first began.