Flowers and notes placed by fans are seen around the bronze statue of late US singer-songwriter Dolly Parton outside the Sevier County Courthouse in downtown Sevierville, Tennessee on August 25.
With Dolly Parton's "Jolene" filling the night air, fans of the late country music icon laid flowers at a Tennessee statue of the singer who changed their US state forever.
As news of Parton's death spread on Tuesday, hundreds of Americans gathered in her hometown of Sevierville to pay homage to their native icon.
"We've always called her our patron saint of Tennessee," Callie Konane Rickards, a 43-year-old costume designer and die-hard fan, told AFP after placing flowers at the statue outside the Sevier County Courthouse depicting Parton strumming an acoustic guitar.
Children with their parents did the same, some of them taking selfies as police officers, mourning locals and some tourists stood by.
