Dolly Parton’s Sister Freida Asks Fans for ‘Prayers’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Struggles: ‘Godspeed, My Sissy’

Dolly Parton has millions of fans keeping her in their thoughts as she faces issues with her health, and her sister Freida is leading the charge.

In a post shared Tuesday (Oct. 7) on Facebook, Freida told followers that she had been “up all night praying for my sister, Dolly.”

“Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately,” the country icon’s sibling continued. “I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been [led] to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine.

“Godspeed, my sissy Dolly,” Freida added. “We all love you!”

The post comes a little more than a week after Parton postponed her Las Vegas residency, citing “health challenges.”

“My doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures,” the 10-time Grammy winner wrote in a statement at the time, sounding optimistic that she’ll return to the stage soon. “As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!”

Parton had originally been set to perform in Sin City throughout the first half of December, but the run of shows will now take place in September 2026. “I just need a little time to get show ready, as they say,” she added in her post announcing the delay. “And don’t worry about me quitting the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet.”

The Dollywood founder has certainly overcome a lot this year. In addition to her health issues, Parton lost her husband of 60 years, with Carl Dean dying at the age of 82 in March. Even so, the singer has put on a strong front in the face of grief, at one point offering up advice based on her own experiences when Brandon Blackstock — the former stepson of Reba McEntire and ex-husband of Kelly Clarkson — died in August.

“I think you just have to be grateful for the years that you’ve had with someone, and you just try to remember the very best of all that, and take their energy that they had given you then and just kind of recycle that and let that become a part of you,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “Just honor their memory and know that they are in a better place than we are these days.”