“In beloved community with my big sister, gazing at the new bronze plaque inducting @thejuddsofficial@wynonnajudd into the @officialcmhof—listening to #grandpa, my altar to mama, with her silhouette from when she was 11, my bereft Pop @larrystrickland7 singing ‘How Great Thou Art’ for me on my sleeping Porch (we are singing hymns this evening),” she wrote. Sister, mother, and I on Little Cat Creek, Lawerence County in Ky.

The Judd family posted an online statement on April 30 confirming the death of Naomi.

“Today, we were all affected by a tragic event. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” read the siblings’ statement, which was posted on Ashley’s social media. “We are broken. It is difficult to bear the weight of our grief. However, we know her love was felt by all. It is a new territory.