{"id":1183485,"date":"2022-01-03T13:04:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183485"},"modified":"2022-01-03T13:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:04:30","slug":"video-one-of-dollywoods-longest-employees-dies-at-94-she-loved-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-one-of-dollywoods-longest-employees-dies-at-94-she-loved-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO &#8211; One of Dollywood&#039;s Longest Employees Dies at 94: &#039;She Loved to Work&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-one-of-dollywoods-longest-employees-dies-at-94-she-loved-to-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Dollywood-Tennessee-WBIR-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">One of Dollywood\u2019s longest serving employees died unexpectedly not long ago, WVLT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlt.tv\/2021\/12\/20\/one-dollywoods-longest-employees-passes-away\/?fbclid=IwAR2_0y8vOdwbxhslDw4YJAMLebflbrX3elLu2v3cUD_u3N5IO6ZMXaT4ieU\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;December 20.<\/p>\n<p>Johnnie Crawford began her career at the theme park upon its opening in 1986. She passed away at the age of 94 on December 18, her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/knoxville-tn\/johnnie-crawford-10493327?fbclid=IwAR1aMtv3JpyNezY2odPFunIGxO3Qo-zXHbMfUG-gPqjZQq2PCApUzOFctF4\">obituary<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI like to tell people I came with Dolly,\u201d Crawford told the outlet during an interview in 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The East Tennessee resident, who started her job with Dollywood at age 58, had a special love for Dolly Parton and according to reports, never missed a day of work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dollywood officials said of the special woman:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ms. Johnnie personified the warm and inviting friendliness for which Dollywood has become so well known. She was a bright light for every guest who visited Dolly\u2019s Chasing Rainbows Museum, and she often said her favorite part of the job was being able to meet so many different people and learn about them.<\/p>\n<p>It was a common sight to see her fellow Dollywood hosts stopping by to say hello and enjoy time with her. In fact, each time Dolly visited the museum, Ms. Johnnie would joke with her that they both started their jobs at Dollywood at the same time\u2014when the park opened in 1986. She certainly will be missed by her Dollywood family.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WVLT8\/videos\/282724037218585\/\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WVLT8\/videos\/282724037218585\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WVLT8\/videos\/282724037218585\/\">Remembering Dollywood&#8217;s Longest Employee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the longest you&#8217;ve spent at one job? Dollywood is mourning the loss of an employee who started when the park opened back in 1986. Johnnie Crawford died Saturday at the age of 94.Learn more: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3FiixAb<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/43730674468\">WVLT<\/a> on Monday, December 20, 2021<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Social media user Taylor Raines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/taylor.shockley.90\/posts\/1327133937736492\">shared<\/a> a photo of the beloved employee with Parton, and said Crawford \u201cwas my favorite staff member at Dollywood. Hands down\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/taylor.shockley.90\/posts\/1327133937736492\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100013196940676\/posts\/1327133937736492\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>It\u2019s been a few days since her passing, but I just saw this photo of Miss Johnnie with Dolly and it made me cry\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/02\/video-one-of-dollywoods-longest-employees-dies-at-94-she-loved-to-work\/#\" role=\"button\">Taylor Raines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100013196940676\/posts\/1327133937736492\/\">Tuesday, December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI\u2019ve never met a person working there who didn\u2019t go out of their way to make my day better.. but Miss Johnnie had the best stories and the biggest heart of them all. What an incredible life this woman had,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Meanwhile, family members described her as \u201ctough and gentle\u201d after growing up during the Great Depression, noting she knew how to survive even if she did not have much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe would wake up at 4:30 every morning and walk her dog Gypsie,\u201d the family recalled. \u201cShe loved to work, stayed happy and ate what she wanted, including tomato and mayonnaise sandwiches. She will be missed by so many.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Dollywood\u2019s longest serving employees died unexpectedly not long ago, WVLT reported\u00a0December 20. Johnnie Crawford began her career at the theme park upon its opening in 1986. 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