Mississippi mayor argues against lowering American flag for Dolly Parton after her death

President Trump and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves ordered US and state flags flown at half-staff for one week after her death.

Olive Branch, Mississippi, Mayor Ken Adams argues against lowering the flag to half-staff for Dolly Parton, saying the honor should be reserved.

Dolly Parton was not, as I always think of her, an Aquarius. She was technically a Capricorn, as befits her indefatigable work ethic and prodigious output. She was born in the Great Smoky Mountains, into the utterly vanished world that predated universal electrification, on Jan. 19, 1946, one day before Aquarius season

The singer had a serendipitous mixture of humor, humility and humanity. We could all stand to channel it a bit more The moment that the world found out that Dolly Parton had died, I was in a hair salon in the reddest congressional district in New York state. The neighborhood on the shore of Lake Erie where I move every