READ MORE: Johnny Cash death: How did Johnny Cash die? Was it a broken heart?"And I didn't want to not do what I was supposed to do. "Because of the views of those around her, Dolly and Carl married secretly in Ringgold, Georgia, with only Dolly's mother, the preacher and his wife in attendance.
The couple even kept the marriage secret for some time, before Dolly finally opened up on her love life. They had met a few years before when Dolly moved to Nashville, and he went straight over to her when she arrived.
In an interview with People magazine, Dolly said: "When I met my husband, he wanted to take me out to dinner. "He pulled up to the drive-in window and got our food at McDonald's.
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