Loretta Lynn’s Daughter Shares Update After Undergoing Surgery for Recurring Cancer: 'It’s a Hard Long Journey'

Mar. 15, 2025

Loretta Lynn and daughter Clara Marie “Cissie” Lynn.Photo: Loretta Lynn Instagram

Loretta Lynn’s daughter is sharing an update on her health.

Clara Marie “Cissie” Lynn posted a message onFacebookon Thursday after undergoing surgery for cancer on Feb. 13 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

She added that she wished to one day go live on a “beach having beautiful flowers” but had to find the perfect spot. She also thanked people for their support.

Loretta Lynn.Scott Dudelson/Getty

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In aprevious Facebook postin February, Cissie shared that her cancer had returned after a decade, noting, “This one is worst [sic] than the other it also is in my mouth.”

She said she would be undergoing surgery the next day, and admitted that she was anxious about the procedure. “God how I wish my sweet mama could just hold me tonight,” she wrote at the time. “That’s all I will say it too hard to talk about this one anymore.”

Her family also shared the news of her surgery viaLoretta’s Facebook page. “Today, Loretta’s daughter Cissie is undergoing a critical surgery in her battle against a recently reoccurring cancer. Your prayers for Cissie and her family would mean so much to us,” they wrote on Feb. 12.

Cissie is also a country singer, and in 2011 she released an album with her husband, John Beams, which featured covers of some of her mom’s songs.Loretta, who diedin October 2022 at the age of 90, produced the album.

“I was definitely honored to do that,” Cissietold Nashville Music Guidewhile recording the album in 2011. “It’s hard to explain my feelings. My children and my grandchildren will listen to this album and say that their Mama and their Grandma did this all.”

source: people.com