Ashley Judd Sends Message to “Beautiful” Mom Naomi Judd

“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, mom, and me on Little Cat Creek in Lawerence County, Ky.”

On April 30, the Judd family confirmed the death of Naomi in a statement posted online.

“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. 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 shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.”