New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The first word Tennessee says to the world has always been a terminal. From the arrivals hall of Nashville International Airport, some 25 million travelers a year collect their bags and step into the Tennessee light. Governor Bill Lee wants that terminal to carry a new name. What stands between the proposal and the nameplate is a rule that says the dead must wait two years to be honored in concrete and signage.

who wrote "Jolene" and "9 to 5," distributed more than 200 million books to children through her Imagination Library, and built Dollywood into one of Tennessee's most-visited destinations - died Tuesday from cancer, her nephew Bryan Seaver confirmed. She had spent more than six decades insisting she was "just...