Rory Feek has broken his silence on social mediasince the passing of his beloved wife Joey Feek. The doting fatherand his 2-year-old daughter Indiana returned home to Tennessee shortly afterthe country singer’s death on March 4.
Sharing a photo of himself and his little girl,Rory wrote, “Home.” While Joey was in hospice care battling cancer, the family relocatedto her hometown of Alexandria, Indiana.
The ailing singer lost her battle to cervicalcancer at age 40 on Friday. Rory announced the heartbreaking news on his blog, This Life I Live, where he had been documenting his wife's journey and sharing health updates.
"My wife’s greatest dream came true today. She is inHeaven," he wrote on Friday. "The cancer is gone, the pain has ceasedand all her tears are dry. Joey is in the arms of her beloved brother Justinand using her pretty voice to sing for her savior."
With his wife’s death, the49-year-old is already dealing with the task of funeral preparations. Sharing apicturesque farm photo featuring men and a horse, Rory wrote, “…making plans that I hoped we would never have to make.”
According to Owens Memorial Services, Joey will be laid to rest at the Feek Family Cemetery,following a "private intimate service," though no date has been specified.
Back in November, Rory wrote that his wife hadalready made requests for her burial. Joey requested that Thomas Travioli, a man who worked on their Tennessee property, make her coffin,“simple, from wood at the farm.” She also told Rory, “[To] find a good spot inthe family cemetery in the field behind our house, where we put your mama’sashes last year… with room enough beside my headstone for you to join mesomeday… in God’s time."
Taking to Instagram on March 5, Rory shared anothersnap from the Tennessee farm simply captioning, “Spring.” Last month, theloving husband noted in a blog post that spring is his wife’s favorite season.He said, “It’s when she feels most alive.”
Atthe time, the country singer was preparing her family on what to remember whenshe was gone. “My wife is sowing her seeds – putting down roots in the soil ofour lives and hearts,” Rory wrote. “Getting us ready for something that wecan’t see right now for the tears in our eyes… something she might not evenget to see at all. Spring.”
As the widower makes preparations forhis wife’s funeral service and continues to reflect on her legacy, the couple’s young daughter is happy to be back home on the farm. Rory posted a photo of hisyoungest daughter seated in a stroller with two friends in front of a horse. He captioned the photo, “...reunited. Indy'shappy to see her best friend Scout (and Scouty's little brother Ash).”
