Toby Keith's Family to Host 'Private Funeral' for Loved Ones, Public 'Memorial Service' to Be Announced Soon

Mar. 15, 2025

Since news of the “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” singer’s death broke, fellow country stars includingReba McEntire,Blake Shelton,Tim McGraw,Dolly Parton,Carrie Underwoodand more have publicly paid tribute to Keith.

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Last week, his 38-year-old daughter Krystal shared several photos of Keithto Instagramand wrote in the post’s caption, “I am shattered. As great as he was in his career, he was so much greater as a dad and a husband and a Pop Pop. He was my hero.”

Krystal followed in her father’s footsteps and pursued a career in country music before marrying and welcoming two daughters of her own.

“I am so lucky to have had him and so grateful he got to walk me down the aisle and meet my babies. That I have years of memories traveling the world as a family,” she wrote. “I am blessed that I got to spend years traveling on the road and singing on stage with him. That I have mountains of video footage and endless tracks of music to watch him on and hear his voice with.”

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Toward the end of her post, Krystal said that she’d always try to honor her father.

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Krystal is Keith’s second daughter with wife Tricia Lucus, after he adopted Lucus' daughter Shelley from a previous relationship. The country singer and Lucus are also parents to son Stelen, 26, who alsopaid tribute to his fatherlast weekin a lengthy, heartfelt post.

“You are the strongest man I have ever known. A fighter. A true titan of your industry. My guiding star. My coach. My hero,” Stelen wrote alongside an undated photo of him as a child and his father in a pool.

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“You held a passion that was greater than mountains and it radiates through every lyric and chord. In the everlasting echo from the legacy of your music, you leave me strength and faith to lean on in the silence that follows. You truly did it your way, from the starting gates to the finish line, and never apologized for it. The only thing I truly ever wanted in life was to make you proud. I promise I will continue to make you proud,” Stelen wrote.

source: people.com