Fran Howard

Born again Christian who loves the Lord. Thankful for my wonderful husband, our three beautiful daughters,our son-in-laws, our grandson, and granddaughters .

[SonoranRed @SonoranRed]

omg
This gives me The Chills

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

Maybe her best tv clip ever

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@DollyParton Thank you for the music and joy you gave us. 💜💜

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

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[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@KhanSaba1278 The best sound in the world is the joyous, laughter, and screaming of children having fun. 💞🥰

[Ole Miss Baseball @OleMissBSB]

The site for Supers 📍

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@chris_huff15 Frank and I stopped to see you. Surprise, you weren’t working there anymore. 😭. BTW. HOTTY TODDY!

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@irant0day @rawsalerts 🤮

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@VegasRebs @seanaaivaz 💙💙💙🙌🏻

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@OKCPD Praying the Officer is treated by the best doctors, nurses, technicians and recovers fully. 💙

[Oklahoma City Police @OKCPD]

Reward increased to $6,000.

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@CNN Uhhh. I think Biden is talking about himself.

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

Benjamin Netanyahu’s biography, “Bibi, My Story”, is really good. I am enjoying reading about a man I have always admired.

[Oklahoma Co. Sheriff @OkCountySheriff]

Per state law (HB 3026 2022), the price of fingerprinting at the Oklahoma County Sherif's Office will go from $5.00 to $15.00 (Cash only) starting November 1st. This does not apply to printing for the state's Self Defense Act. SDA printing remains $25 (Set by State Statute).

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@Lovez2Teach I see my sweet grandson, Jeremiah. Thank you, Ms Day for you caring, tireless work. You are appreciated by this FooFoo.

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@sweeetsav You have 1600 mothers of police officers praying for you. Your dad was a hero and no matter what anyone says hold on to that. Hold your head high only a few are brave enough to wear a badge. #holdtheline #mopostrong #bluefamilystrong

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

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[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

@OKCPD @PennSquareMall So appreciative of your willingness to go into harms way to help and keep us safe.

[Fran Howard @Franniemae78]

Join me in this awesome photo challenge https://t.co/rTNJjsCNWO