Country music star thanks fans for prayers after heartbreaking announcement

Colt Ford returned to social media Sunday to thank fans for their prayers and support since his father died earlier this week.

“A day I knew would come eventually because it comes for all of us,” Ford said in a video he shared to Instagram. “Laying my dad to rest today, 89-years-old. Right here in Athens, Georgia. He loved this town. He loved the Bulldogs.

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“Everybody called him coach,” Ford added. “He was a good one. He left a legacy on people which is really important. So, thoughts and prayers for my mom, and my sister, and my young-ins, his grandkids, today. But we love him. He loved everybody. God bless y’all. Have a happy Sunday.”

In a message written alongside the video, Ford thanked everyone of their “love and prayers.”

Ford announced his father’s death on Wednesday.

‘This video was hard to make,” Ford said in a video posted to his Instagram profile. “It was a blessing to have my add for 89 … he was 89-years-old. He got to see me play in Athens with Brantley and that made him so happy. I’m so grateful for all the prayers, but last night he went home to be with the Lord, and I’m at peace with it.”

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Ford thanked his fans for their support.

“Thank y’all for all your prayers and wishes,” he said. “He passed away right there in his house that he loved with my mama on one hand, married 62 years, and my son, Reynolds, on the other hand. His grandson that he thought hung the moon, and he just eased off.

“God bless y’all.”

Prayers and well-wishes flooded in on the post.

Love ya buddy,” Jake Owen responded. “Your daddy as a great man, just like you.”

“Love and prayers to you my friend,” Uncle Kracker wrote.

“Love you Colt,” Adam Calhoun wrote.

“Love you, brother,” Joe Don Rooney responded. “I know the pain — it’s unbearable. But his soul lives within you everywhere you go from here on out. Praying for you & your family, my friend.”

Ford has made plenty of headlines across the past year after he dropped dead — he actually died twice and was revived each time — following a show last April. But he was on social media two weeks ago asking fans to divert the prayers they have been sending him to his father.

“FaceTiming with My Hero My Dad,” he wrote on Instagram while sharing a photo that showed him eating a popsicle while talking to his father, who was in bed and obviously connected to oxygen. “Y’all say some prayers for My Dad not doing to well. Thank yall for all the one’s for me if ya don’t mind give em to Him.

“I Love Ya Coach keep fighting.”