Rory Feek's Shares Joey+Rory Love Story in Midst of Cancer in New Film, 'To Joey With Love'
Singer Rory Feek, one part of the country music duo Joey+Rory, will give fans an inside look into his late wife's inspirational journey and her battle against cancer in the upcoming documentary film, "To Joey With Love."
The couple captured the hearts of millions who read Rory's blog "This Life I Live," where he shared his family's strength and resilience during Joey's chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cervical cancer.
During their musical career, Joey+Rory recorded eight studio albums and charted three singles on Hot Country Songs.
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In February, the couple released their final album, Hymns That Are Important to Us, which Joey called "God's record." The album soared to the top of Billboard's Contemporary Christian Album and Christian Video charts.
Joey received her first cancer diagnosis in 2014 and underwent chemotherapy and radiation, but the cancer returned last October and spread to her colon.
In the wake of Joey's re-diagnosis, the duo cancelled all concert appearances. But despite doctors' reports estimating that Joey only had six weeks to live, she was determined to live long enough to celebrate the holidays with her family, and that is what she did, as Rory documented in his blog.
On March 4, Joey died at age 40.
In his blog, Rory wrote: "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. Joey is in the arms of her beloved brother Justin and using her pretty voice to sing for her Savior.
"After four-and-a-half months in Indiana, we will soon be back home in Tennessee," he later wrote. "Me, and our little one, with our older daughters. It's hard for me to imagine being there without Joey, but at the same time… it is where she wants us to be. 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."
The documentary will be shown in theaters nationwide for one night, Sept. 20, and will take viewers along their journey from the birth of their daughter, Indiana, who was born with Down syndrome, through Joey's struggle and ultimate surrender to cancer.
"Joey and Rory believed God would give them a great story, and He did. He gave Joey+Rory a love story for the ages, one that is sure to inspire hope and faith in all who experience it," the films producers, Hickory Films and Provident Films, said in a statement to The Christian Post.
Rory vowed not to release any new songs or perform without his wife. Joey was laid to rest in the backyard of their farmhouse in Tennessee.
For more information about the film, visit To Joey With Love..
