Change.Org Petition To Rename Nashville Airport in Honor of Dolly Parton Gains Massive Support: ‘Dolly Deserves to Be Remembered and Celebrated’
Members of Nashville City Council and a Tennessee House Rep. have endorsed the move.
As Dolly Parton's death on August 25 left a void that many could not imagine, a Change.org petition emerged to rename the Nashville International Airport in her honor. The petition, launched by Nashville comedian Lydia Popvich, has garnered nearly 127,000 signatures and gained the support of Tennessee State Senator Todd Warner and Nashville City Council member Russ Bradford.
Bradford noted that Parton's impact was far-reaching, describing her as a global ambassador for the city, the state, and Tennessee. He also mentioned her philanthropic work through the Dollywood Foundation and Imagination Library, which had helped put Nashville on the map. However, he stressed that the final decision on the name change would be made by the Airport Authority.
Warner, on the other hand, pledged to introduce legislation to rename the BNA airport as Dolly Parton International Airport. The airport had already honored Parton's memory by lighting up its parking garages in pink during the weekend following her death. Parton's superfan, Popovich, explained that the original petition had around 50,000 signatures, but the number surged to nearly 127,000 following her passing at 80 from cancer.
Popovich expressed that people wanted to remember Parton beyond the immediate impact of her death, stating that this was Nashville's way of telling the "Dreamer-In-Chief" that they loved her forever.
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