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BNA Will Carry Her Name Before It Carries Your Bags

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Governor Bill Lee has moved to put Dolly Parton's name on Nashville's international airport, a tribute befitting a hometown talent who built an empire the old money never could. It is the rare honor that turns a terminal into a testament — proof that in this city, the biggest name in the room got there on songs, not surnames.

With reporting from MusicRow.

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