Rory Feek remarries 8 years after his wife Joey died of cancer

Eight years after his wife Joey died of cancer, country singer Rory Feek has remarried.

According to his personal blog, 59-year-old Feek married Rebecca, his daughter Indiana’s teacher, last Sunday.

His late wife Joey’s battle with cervical cancer ended on March 4, 2016, when she died from the disease. The two were known as the duo Joey + Rory.

Feek wrote of his new marriage: “Rebecca and I had decided to be together. To choose each other and see where it might lead. And although we knew that marriage was a possibility, neither of us felt that we could talk about it seriously. Especially because until then Indiana only knew Rebecca as ‘Miss Rebecca’, her teacher and our friend.”

He further explained how Indiana ultimately came to the decision of when the time was right for the two to get married.

“And then one morning in late March, when Rebecca came to the farmhouse to take Indy to school, we all said a little prayer together to start the day and then they headed out the door as usual. But a few moments later they came back into the kitchen and Rebecca said, ‘Rory, Indiana just asked me something that I think you should hear.'”

He continued: “I asked Indy and she told me, ‘Miss Rebecca, I think you should marry Papa…'”

After some prayer, the couple decided that 10-year-old Indiana was right.

The wedding took place in Greycliff, Montana, “under a beautiful half-timbered gazebo” and was attended by Indiana and other close family and friends.

The groom sang his song “I Do” and wrote shyly: “I sang at a wedding last weekend. The only problem was… the bride had no idea. Neither did most of the family and friends who came. So it was a big surprise for almost everyone in attendance. Except me.”

It was Feek’s third marriage. Before his 14-year relationship with Joey, he was with Tamara Gilmer from 1985 to 1992. They are the parents of daughters Heidi (38) and Hopie (36).