Meet Her 7 Sisters and Brothers – Hollywood Life

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“Mom didn’t go to the doctor when the baby was born.” Loretta Lynn In an essay published in 2007, he wrote Esquire“She sent me and the kids to Grandpa’s house and when I got home the baby was born. ‘Mom, where did this baby come from?’ I left it,” he said. And I said to my dad one time, “Dad, where did I come from?” Loretta’s father picks up a lot of cabbage because country music legends have her seven siblings.

Melvin Webb When clara marie webb (Hey you rummy)’s oldest child is Melvin “Junior” WebbBorn April 14, 1932, Loretta has two daughters, Herman Webb, Willie “Jay” Lee Webb, Donald Ray Webb, Peggy Wright, Betty Hopkins, When crystal galeFind out more about the people Loretta calls relatives.

Melvin Webb

Born December 4, 1929 wide open countrymarried a woman named “Junior” Bonnie Faye Together, they reportedly had nine children. Sadly, Melvin passed away on July 1, 1993 at the age of 63 and is no longer with us.

herman webb

Herman Webb was born on September 3, 1934 and lived to be 83 years old. He lived near his Hollow homestead in Butcher, in eastern Kentucky, where he and Loretta and their siblings grew up. Up.

The family lived in a “hill hut” while their father worked as a coal miner. Loretta left home when she got married at the age of 15, but Herman worked at her Webb’s Grocery in Van until her death on July 28, 2018. wide open countryHe left three daughters with his wife Patsy Jean Six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Willie “Jay” Lee Webb

Loretta isn’t the only musical talent in her family. Her younger brother, Willie “Jay” Lee Webb, was a successful country singer. Under the name of Jay Lee Webb, he was best known for his 1967 song “I’ve Come Home A-Drinkin’ (To a Worn-Out Wife Like You)”. According to “Don’t Come Home Drunk,” Jay led his own band around Nashville. all musicand worked briefly with Loretta and her touring band.

he was married twice, first Lewis Davis (1961-1963) and Lou Ann RobinsonLouise gave birth to Jay’s first child, Yvonne Clara WebbLou Anne and Jay had two children. In 1996, he passed away at the age of 59 due to pancreatic cancer.

Donald Ray Webb

One of Webb’s lesser-known children, Donald Ray Webb (born April 2, 1941), was into the music business. His sister, Crystal Gayle, recorded a song he wrote, “Clock on the Wall.”according to the inventory at McDonald’s Funeral Home, he was an avid fisherman and mushroom hunter. He lived in Wabash, Indiana until his death on October 13, 2017.

Including his brother, Donald was survived by his wife. Debra, their two daughters, a son and a stepdaughter.

Peggy Wright

Born March 25, 1943, Peggy Sue Wright followed Loretta and Jay to Nashville. During her childhood, she spent most of her 60’s and her 70’s performing with her family. After she became a featured singer on Loretta’s shows (she co-wrote “Don’t Come Home” with Loretta), she made her debut solo recording with “I’m Dynamite” in 1969. played. all musicShe had a string of minor hits in the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, she began performing as her singer and her costume designer in the background of her sister Gail.

Peggy Sue was married twice, first to Doublas Wells in 1964 and then to Sonny Wright. They have one child, a daughter who was sadly murdered by her husband in 1991.

Betty Ruth Hopkins

Born on January 5, 1946, Betty Ruth Webb is the second youngest of Webb’s children. Little is known about her, so she happens to be the most private of them all. Unlike her other sisters, Betty has stayed out of the limelight and is only in the public eye when she joins her brother at her family’s events.

crystal gale

Born January 9, 1951, Brenda Webb Known by his stage name, crystal galeLike her other musically inclined siblings, Crystal followed her passion for musical glory. She enjoyed success in her 1970s and her 80s and is considered one of the most successful crossover artists of her time. Her first major hit was her 1975’s “Wrong Road Again,” surpassed by 1977’s “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.” She continued to release charting songs during her decade and won a Grammy Award in 1978 for her Best Female Country Her Vocal Performance. Gail is also known for her floor-length hair, which has become her hallmark.

“You know, I look up to my sister,” Gayle said in 2017 when discussing her rumored rivalry with Loretta. boots. “We both have flaws in different ways and I’m not going to say what they are. But I mean, we love each other…we overlook [the differences]”