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Loretta Lynn parents: Meet Clara Marie Ramey Webb, Melvin Webb

American country music singer and composer Loretta Lynn lived from April 14, 1932, until October 4, 2022. Lynn produced a number of gold albums throughout the course of a six-decade career. I’m a Honky Tonk Girl, Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind), One’s on the Way, Fist City, and Coal Miner’s Daughter are just a few of her many hit songs. Her life served as the inspiration for the 1980 movie Coal Miner’s Daughter.

For her pioneering work in country music, Lynn was honored with numerous prizes, including honors from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music for her work as a duet partner and a solo performer, respectively. She has 18 Grammy Award nominations and three victories.

Loretta Lynn parents: Meet Clara Marie Ramey Webb, Melvin Webb

According to Loretta Webb Lynn, she was born on April 14, 1935. (although a birth certificate on file at the state Office of Vital Statistics in Frankfort, Kentucky shows that she was born on April 14, 1932)  to Clara Marie (Ramey) and Melvin “Ted” Webb (1906–1959] (1912–1982) Loretta Webb was the second of eight children, named after Loretta Young. Crystal Gayle, a country music artist, is her younger sister.

Clara, her mother, had Cherokee and Scots-Irish descent. Ted, her father, worked as a farmer, storekeeper, and coal miner.

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Zora Stowers

Update: 2024-05-17