Joey Feek's 'Hymns' Tops Charts as Funeral Plans Begin
Fans of Joey Feek are waiting to hear about any possible memorial services for the country/gospel music singer.
The 40-year-old died Friday after a two-year battle with cervical cancer. She spent the last four months of her life in her childhood home in Indiana.
According to TasteOfCountry.com, Joey's husband Rory indicated her funeral will be a private affair, adding she will be buried in a simple wood box on the family property.
The website also noted instead of flowers, fan send donations to:
Joey and Indy
P.O. Box 5471
Vancouver, WA 98668
Rory Feek, 49, her husband and musical partner of the duo 'Joey + Rory', said he and the couple's three children are now back at home at the couple's farm in Tennessee.
He posted a picture on Facebook of a grove of trees surrounded by a fence and horses with the caption "…making plans that I hoped we would never have to make."
Another Facebook post includes a picture of Rory with the couple's two-year-old daughter Indiana on his shoulders on the farm with two horses, captioned "home."
In his blog titled, "This Life I Live," Rory informed their fans of Joey's death by writing, "My wife's greatest dream came true today. She is in Heaven."
"The cancer is gone, the pain has ceased and all her tears are dry," he continued. "Joey is in the arms of her beloved brother Justin and using her pretty voice to sing for her Savior."
He also wrote about being home at the family farm in Tennessee without his beloved wife.
"It's hard for me to imagine being there without Joey, but at the same time…it is where she wants us to be," he said.
"It's where she will be…She's gonna be in the mint growing beside our back deck, the sweet-corn frozen in our freezer and a million other places that her hand and heart has touched around our little farmhouse and community. Joey will still be with us. Everywhere," Rory continued in his blog.
Joey Feek reportedly wanted to live through three milestones: her daughter Indiana's second birthday; the Grammy awards in which she and her husband received a nomination; and, the release of the couple's album of hymns. After the last of those three events passed, Joey died a short time later.
Joey and Rory earned the award for "Top New Vocal Duo" at the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards. They also had a television show called "The Joey and Rory Show" that was suspended when Joey became ill.
Their final album, 'Hymns,' released Feb. 12 and was listed as No. 1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums and Top Country Albums.
Rory, who was a successful songwriter before the duo started singing their own songs, says he won't perform anymore without Joey.
They recorded their final album while Joey was receiving treatment for cancer. Rory told Billboard before her death, "No one is more surprised that our 'Hymns' record has sold this many copies than Joey and I."
"We haven't been promoting our careers at all," Rory also said in the Billboard article. "The only way I can explain the sales of this record is that it's a byproduct of something bigger: love."
