Dolly Parton‘s brother, David, has died … this in accordance with their sister — who paid tribute to him on social media.

Stella Parton introduced the unhappy information through X Friday … saying her fantastic brother had handed away — including it is by no means simple to lose a liked one, however she is aware of David is now at peace.

The Farrar Funeral Dwelling in White Pine, Tennessee posted his obituary to their web site … confirming he handed away peacefully at residence. No explanation for demise was included.

In keeping with the obit, David was a bridge builder superintendent who supervised building throughout TN. Stella confirmed in considered one of her posts that he was a Marine … an accomplishment additionally denoted on his web page.

Whereas Dolly would not usually speak about her household, she has expressed gratitude for his or her continued assist of her profession by means of the years.

Simply yesterday she took to Instagram to thank her relations — previous and current — for serving to her turn out to be the music legend she is … this, on the identical day her new venture “Smoky Mountain DNA,” a love letter to her ancestry, dropped.

David was 82.