Jeretta grew up with her family moving around following the oil field. She attended and graduated from high school in Iowa Park, Texas. She furthered her education at a vocational school where she obtained her cosmetology license. She worked out of her home as a beautician where she had her own shop for a number of years. Jeretta enjoyed raising English Bulldogs, eating, and fellowshiping with friends and family. Her passion in life was to watch Christian worship services, listen to the christian music on TV, and pray.

She is preceded in death by her parents.

Jerretta is survived by her companion, Dennis Fidler, Sayre, Oklahoma and a lot of close friends that she considered her sisters.