Loretta Lynn's Spouse Drove Her to Get Better Life for Kids — They Might Reunite in Afterlife Due to Her Beliefs

• Singer and Country music titan Loretta Lynn credited her fame to her husband, Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, with whom she lived for 48 years.

• Lynn's tumultuous marriage to her husband inspired many of her songs, and she always believed he was worth fighting for.

• Lynn believed in the afterlife, and she may be reunited with her dear husband.

The past few days have been tough for country music lovers and the world after the Queen of Country, Loretta Lynn, passed away on October 4 at home at her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills.

Her family announced the devastating news on the "Aint No Time To Go" songstress's Instagram page, noting that she had passed on peacefully in her sleep.

Her granddaughter, Tayla Lynn, paid an emotional tribute to the songstress noting that even as she grieves for her, she was glad that her grandma was finally reunited with her parents, husband, and departed children.

It is easy to see why her family is at a loss. Lynn always prioritized family over anything else. Even though she had always been candid about her life, she mentioned in her book "Still Woman Enough" that her twin daughters did not want her talking about certain aspects of her husband.

However, her life story is worth dozens of books, and Lynn ensured she told the stories of her marriage life if only to find closure. For years, people had carried on the narrative that Lynn had married young because people from the mountains got started with boys at an early age.

Lynn disputed the claims saying that she had never dated before meeting her husband. Even though she married early, Oliver Mooney Lynn Jr., or Doolittle, as she lovingly called him, had been her first boyfriend and only love for the 48 years they remained together.

Besides building a family with her, Oliver also encouraged Lynn to pursue her music dream, leading to her becoming one of America's most respected musicians.

Oliver Was Lynn's Number One Supporter

Born into poverty in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, Lynn married her husband at 13 and gave birth to four babies before she was 20. Even so, her husband supported her dreams of becoming a singer, bought her first guitar, and "forced" her to sing in public.

While being on stage terrified her, Oliver pushed her to become the best version of herself, and she always attributed her success to her husband:

"I could never have done it on my own...without Doo and his drive to get a better life, there would have been no Loretta Lynn, country singer."

Her happiest time in their marriage, she says, was when they went on a tour around the country in 1960 to promote her first record, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," which became a hit.

He believed in her and even took the time out of his day to do rounds in radio stations promoting the song. She recalls that he always told her she was better than most girls already singing and making money.

Lynn's Marital Troubles Inspired Many of Her Hit Songs

In addition to believing in his wife and helping jumpstart her music career, Oliver contributed significantly to her success. The two had a troubled marriage marred with infidelity and violence, and these problems became an inspiration to many of her hit songs.

Lynn was always unapologetic about speaking her truth, and her songs tackled never-talked-about topics such as birth control, motherhood, and infidelity.

For instance, Lynn addresses a woman making eyes at her husband while she poured her heart out on stage in a song titled "Fist City," implying her capability to fight for her husband if push came to shove.

Her 1966 hit "You Aint Woman Enough (to Take My Man)" was also inspired by a real-life event and was a warning to another woman who had designs on the singer's husband.

Songs like that addressing the challenges in marriage became relatable to many of her fans. Her incredible courage and relatability helped her sell numerous records, catapulting her into unimaginable fame.

Besides her songs, Lynn was always open about her marital troubles, yet she stuck it up, not only because she had six kids that she did not want to grow up without a dad, but also because she loved her husband. She would often say:

"If you can't fight for your man, he's not worth having."

Lynn May Reunite with Her Husband after His Death Left a Huge Void in Her Life

Despite a complicated marriage life, Lynn loved and adored her husband, and when he succumbed to diabetes-related health problems and heart failure in August 1996, Lynn was devastated.

His demise left a massive void in Lynn's heart and life and threw her into a deep depression, and she wandered around the house in a daze, often unaware of what day or month it was.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, the music titan's daughter Patsy revealed that her mother never came to terms with the loss of her husband:

"It's almost like he's still with her. It's very strange. I don't think she has totally accepted my dad's loss. It's almost like he's gone on a long vacation or something."

This year, on August 27, Lynn commemorated Oliver on his would-be 96th birthday, paying tribute to memories of their first meeting in Butcher Holler nearly five decades earlier. She added a series of photos in the post, one of them together and another of her husband's heydays as a young soldier.

The "After the Fire is Gone" singer confessed to never feeling in touch with Oliver after his death. He had been so in control of everything that she believed he would have been back to ensure she was doing the right thing.

However, she felt everybody goes to the same place after death. Lynn was superstitious and believed in reincarnation, and with that, she may reunite with her dear husband in the afterlife, as her granddaughter wrote in her tribute.