Loretta Lynn's family is mourning the loss of her granddaughter

Loretta Lynn's family is mourning the loss of her granddaughter Lynn Massie who passed away last week at nearly the same age as her mother Betty sudin when she died the family of the fif City singer shared the heartbreaking news on Instagram expressing gratitude for the support they have received the family of Loretta Lynn the Beloved Country music legend announced on social media that her first grandchild Lyn Massie has died following a prolonged Health struggle Lynn was the daughter of of Betty Sue Lynn one of Loretta's six children in the heartfelt message the family expressed our family is so grateful for the prayers and love continually shown to us the pill singer's family shared the message alongside a touching photo of her granddaughter asking for continued prayers as the family copes with this profound loss they also released a statement noting that Lynn died on Tuesday August 20th 2024 the statement read she was Loretta's first grandchild and only 11 months younger than Loretta's twin daughters her youngest children Lynn was 59 years old Lynn's mother passed away more than 10 years ago at almost the same age as her daughter Betty died on July 29 2013 at the age of 64 due to complications from empyema According to the family statement she passed away in Waverly Tennessee near her mother's Ranch in Hurricane Mills she left behind her two daughters Lynn and Audrey dryer as well as five grandchildren now Audrey and the rest of Loretta's family mourn the loss of Lynn Loretta who hailed from the coal fields of Eastern Kentucky famously detailed her life in her autobiography and song coal miner's daughter she shared an emotional tribute on Instagram following the death of Betty reflecting on the profound Bond they shared she expressed the deep sorrow she felt since Betty's passing she was first it was Betty Sue who made me a mama I was just 16 when she was born and three more weren't too far behind her pinned Loretta the singer recalled the busy days filled with housework gardening and caring for the little ones Betty quickly took on a leadership role among her siblings becoming a little boss to the younger three in her tribute Loretta described Betty as Feist and fun emphasizing the special connection they had often feeling like they raised each other over the years Betty Sue worked with me a lot with the ranch and entertaining she was an amazing songwriter too she loved people she loved to cut up and she had fun wherever she was gush Loretta Loretta highlighted Betty's kind heart noting that she always took care of others ensuring that no one neither people nor animals went hungry if she could help it Betty's love for her small junk shop and the joy she found in visiting with everyone who stopped by was also fondly remembered Loretta spoke of how they talked on the phone daily and saw each other often when she was home it felt like part of my heart died when she left us I hated seeing her sick but I didn't want to let her go she was more than a daughter she was a best friend she's been gone for 9 years and it feels like I haven't seen her or heard her voice in Forever an emotional Loretta shared the singer expressed her longing to sit down with Betty just one more time to talk laugh and sing together despite Betty being 63 when she passed Loretta emphasized that no parent should ever have to bury a child a heartache she has experienced twice I've buried two of mine and there's no pain like it she disclosed ending her tribute Loretta urged others to make peace forgive and cherish the time spent with loved ones reminding everyone that time is fleeting she asked people to remember to tell the people they cherish that they love them mama loves and misses you Betty Sue she concluded underscoring the enduring pain of her loss American singer songwriter Loretta Lynn has died at 90 on October 4th Lynn's family confirmed the news that the singer died in her Tennessee home in a statement to the Associated Press per the Washington Post while she had a spot solidified in the Country Music Hall of Fame Lynn had a tragic childhood where she grew up in abject poverty and almost died born in 1935 she hailed from the coal mining region of Kentucky and had seven siblings perhaps most surprising about her early story was the fact that Lynn married at 13 and became a mom at 14 by the time she turned 18 Lynn was a mother to four children it was actually Lynn's husband Oliver doitt Lynn who bought her a guitar and urged her to pursue her talent for music and singing in 1960 Lynn was signed by a label in Vancouver Canada called Zero Records she and her husband wound up mailing out her records to radio stations around the country and this plan worked by the end of that same year Lynn played on the Grand old Opry while this was amazing this was only the beginning of her incredible career perhaps the best part about country music is the female icons so you'll be happy to know that Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton were Pals in fact they were friends for decades Lynn was a staple of country music and was well recognized in the community in June 2021 Lynn was listed among the honors recipients at the Academy of Country Music Awards according to variety the recognition is well deserved not only did she have albums Galore but Lynn was also an author she published her autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter according to USA Today and followed it up with me and paty kicking up dust my friendship with paty kleene the book was as the title suggests all about her years with kleene who was something of a mentor to Lynn according to her official biography Lynn said I ain't a star a star is something up in the night sky people say to me you're a legend I'm not a legend I'm just a woman woman well just a woman is quite the understatement the world has lost an icon our condolences go out to Lynn's loved ones Loretta Lynn is a country music legend the numbers speak for themselves her career has spanned nearly 60 years she's been nominated for 18 Grammys and one three she has had 12 number one singles and 10 number one albums on the billboard country charts she toured for 50 years and only retired after she had a stroke in 2017 when she was 85 years old in 2018 she broke her hip which solidified her retirement from the road per The Tennessean Lynn came from famously humble beginnings she was born in 1932 and is the oldest daughter and second child of eight children born to Clara and Ted web her father was a coal miner so Coal Miner's Daughter is truly the story of her life in one of the verses I talked about Mommy papering the wall with movie magazines she said during an interview with NPR in 2000 and she named me after Loretta Young because she had Betty Davis and claudet Colbert and Loretta Young up on the wall and the day before I was born she said if this baby is a little girl I'm going to name her after one of them girls Cena Lynn continued and she said I kept looking at the pictures and I thought Loretta Young was the prettiest so I named you Loretta and I'm glad she did four of Loretta Lynn's eight siblings have died as of this writing Melvin Webb was the eldest born in 1929 and died in 1993 he had nine kids Herman came after Loretta born in 1934 and living until 2018 he had three daughters Willie who owned a drugstore in Nashville was the fourth in line he was born in 1937 and also threw his hat into the musical Arena Willie is best known for I come home a drinking to a worn out wife like you which was released in 1967 as an answer song to Loretta's hash one hit that same year don't come home and drinking he was also part of Loretta's touring band for a while per all music he worked right up until his death in 1996 Donald was born born 5th in 1941 he shared some of Loretta's musical genes and was a songwriter for his youngest sister per wideopen country he died in 2017