Culture April 1, 2020

Reba McEntire and family have private memorial service for mom Jacqueline

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Reba McEntire and family gathered to honor her late mother, Jacqueline McEntire, at a private memorial service.

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Reba McEntire posted a gallery of photos from the special occasion on Instagram. The first photo was a throwback of Reba McEntire and her mother standing back-to-back, both giving each other a thumbs up as Reba McEntire smiles proudly.

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The rest of the gallery shows photos from the service, including Reba McEntire and her family surrounding her mother's casket, and another of a beautiful bouquet of flowers. The final shot shows Reba McEntire standing alone on a vast landscape of sweeping green hills.

"This is us always having each other's backs. Tight knit family. She taught us that. #mama," the singer wrote alongside the commemorative pictures.

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Jacqueline McEntire died of cancer on March 14 at the age of 93.