There is no doubt that Loretta Lynn was one of the most influential figures in country music.
It comes to no surprise the wide-spread shock that followed the announcement of her death in early October.
Her first pregnancy came very much as a surprise, as she revealed in an interview withEsquire.
“When I got married, I didn’t even know what pregnant meant.
I said, ‘No way.
I can’t have no baby.’
He said, ‘Ain’t you married?’
He said, ‘You sleep with your husband?’
‘You’re gonna have a baby, Loretta.
And I did.”
“It was Betty Sue who made me a momma.
[…] Those early days were full and long.
Betty Sue became a little boss to the next three!
She was feisty, she was fun and in many ways it felt like we raised each other!”
the country star wrote.
“She had a heart of gold and she thought everyone was important.
People nor animals neither one went hungry if Betty Sue knew.”
The event devastated the mother as the two had a really close relationship.
“Momma loves and misses you, Betty Sue.”
The death of her son changed Lynn’s life forever, as she expressed in a2021 Facebook post.
Today in 1984 my life changed forever.
You are never the same after you bury one of your children never.
I’ve thought of him and missed him every day for 37 years," the country singer stated.
They’re together now.
Jack, I love you, honey.
You still bring a smile to me every time I think of you."
