Columbus Church Holds Dolly Parton Thanksgiving Service, Raising Funds for 1 Children’s Book Program
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 31
Columbus Church Holds Dolly Parton Thanksgiving Service, Raising Funds for 1 Children’s Book Program
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 31
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Columbus, Georgia, held a Sunday evening “Service of Thanksgiving” honoring Dolly Parton with prayers, live music and shared remembrances after her death.
Several of Parton’s best-known songs — including “Coat of Many Colors,” “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” and “I Will Always Love You” — were performed by a band and sung by the congregation.
Grace Burton Edwards, the church’s rector, said the service was meant to give thanks for Parton’s kindness, philanthropy, generosity and influence on lives far beyond music.
An offering collected during the event will go to the Chattahoochee Valley Imagination Library, extending support for the free children’s book program Parton championed.