On Tuesday, Rory Feek said his final goodbye to his beloved wife Joey surrounded by their closest family, friends and neighbors at the family’s Pottsville, Tennessee farm.
“It was tearful, but it was optimistic, especially being on the dirt,” the couple’s close friend Bill Gaither tells PEOPLE exclusively. “She was part of the earth. We all felt as though we were close to her.”
Joey’s casket was placed on a horse-drawn carriage and Rory spoke about his wife at the memorial service before she was buried. “Singers were performing ‘Let’s Go Down to the River to Pray,’” says Gaither. “It was just a sweet Tennessee mountain moment. Very positive things were said at the gravesite.”
While Rory is heartbroken after losing his wife to terminal cancer on Friday, he is also staying strong for their 2-year-old daughter Indiana. “I talked to him last night about the service, and I said, 'First, Rory – how are you doing?’ and he said, 'Well, I took Indiana to the school this morning to enroll her.’”
Continued Gaither: “He said, 'This is the first day of the rest of my life. I have responsibilities.’ I think that’s pretty special. [He’s thinking], 'What is the next step?’”
“It was tearful, but it was optimistic, especially being on the dirt,” the couple’s close friend Bill Gaither tells PEOPLE exclusively. “She was part of the earth. We all felt as though we were close to her.”
Joey’s casket was placed on a horse-drawn carriage and Rory spoke about his wife at the memorial service before she was buried. “Singers were performing ‘Let’s Go Down to the River to Pray,’” says Gaither. “It was just a sweet Tennessee mountain moment. Very positive things were said at the gravesite.”
While Rory is heartbroken after losing his wife to terminal cancer on Friday, he is also staying strong for their 2-year-old daughter Indiana. “I talked to him last night about the service, and I said, 'First, Rory – how are you doing?’ and he said, 'Well, I took Indiana to the school this morning to enroll her.’”
Continued Gaither: “He said, 'This is the first day of the rest of my life. I have responsibilities.’ I think that’s pretty special. [He’s thinking], 'What is the next step?’”
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