Early years. Lynn was born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.She is the eldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie “Clary” (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore “Ted” Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959).Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. She was named after the film star Loretta Young.

