9 2 9 ▁– ▁July ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 ) ▁ ▁Lor etta ▁Lyn n ▁( née ▁Web b ; ▁born ▁April ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 9 3 2 ) ▁ ▁H erman ▁Web b ▁( Se ptember ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁– ▁July ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ) ▁ ▁Donald ▁Ray ▁Web b ▁( A pril ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁– ▁October ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 ) ▁ ▁Peg gy ▁Sue ▁Wright ▁( née ▁Web b ; ▁born ▁March ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 4 3 ) ▁ ▁Betty ▁Ruth ▁Hop kins ▁( née ▁Web b ; ▁born ▁ 1 9 4 6 ) ▁ ▁Cry stal ▁Gay le ▁( born ▁Br enda ▁G ail ▁Web b ; ▁January ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 5 1 ) ▁ ▁Early ▁ad ul th ood ▁His ▁mother ▁called ▁him ▁" J ay ▁Lee " ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁age , ▁which ▁he ▁would ▁later ▁use ▁in ▁his ▁career . ▁He ▁learned ▁to ▁play ▁his ▁father ' s ▁guitar ▁when ▁he ▁left ▁school ▁at ▁ 1 5 . ▁He ▁often ▁played ▁and ▁sang ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁father , ▁Ted . ▁Ted ▁Web b ▁died ▁early ▁of ▁black ▁lung ▁disease ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁years ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁coal ▁mines ▁of ▁Van ▁Lear , ▁Kentucky . ▁A ▁year ▁before ▁his ▁father ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9