Loretta Lynn was born on April 14, 1932, to a coal miner father in the coal-mining hills of Kentucky. She was the oldest of eight children. Due to her parents’ difficulties to provide for the family and make ends meet, she had a challenging childhood.
But over the course of a career spanning six decades, Lynn rose to become one of the most well-known and prominent female country musicians. She first gained notoriety in her late 20s. At 89 years old, Lynn has released 50 studio albums and is still actively writing music and performing live.
When Lynn was 15 years old, she first met the guy she would eventually marry. After 48 years of marriage, they divorced in 1996 after his passing. One may think that her marriage was picture-perfect, yet nothing could be farther from the truth.
OLIVETTA VANETTA “DOOLEY” She suffered a great lot of pain throughout the years from Lynn, her husband. Doo sees herself as a huge womanizer who cheated on her whenever she could in her autobiography Still Woman Enough.
Also, he drank a lot of alcohol, which frequently made him aggressive. Lynn detailed details of their tumultuous relationship and their passionate reconciliations.
“Doo smacked me twice every time he hit me,” Lynn remarked to Fabiosa. During one fight, she threw a skillet of creamed corn over her husband’s head. “I heard teeth hitting the floor and thought, ‘Ooh, I’m dead,” she said as she struck him once again. He won’t put up with this. But he laughed.
The singer reportedly said, “I put up with it because of six kids,” when asked why she didn’t end her turbulent marriage, according to CBS News.
Even though she was first way too afraid to perform in front of others, Doo was the one who encouraged Lynn to start singing, and she has always given him the credit for her successful career. She could even recall Doo buying her first guitar for $17.
Doo, whom I married when I was only a child, has been my soul mate ever since. Despite the importance of my childhood and upbringing, there was still something that kept me with Doo. He never let me forget that he saw me as exceptional and different from everyone else in the world. It would be difficult to refute that assumption. Doo was my security and safety net, according to the author of one of her bios.
And remember, I’m describing, not justifying… Doo was a good man and a hard worker. Yet the fact that he was an alcoholic affected our marriage in every way.
She was able to convey the sorrow and feelings she experienced during each trying time in her life through her songs.
If you can’t fight for your man, he’s not worth having, she told the Times.
She was devastated when her father passed away despite all the affairs and disagreements. Three days after her husband’s passing, she left Hurricane Mills and headed to Nashville, she recalled to Nashville Scene in 2000.
After being here for a while, I said to a friend, “It seems like I’ve been here for a couple months already.” She remarked, “You’ve been here a year.”
Now that Lynn has passed away as well, they are back together. We are praying for her friends and family.