Toby Keith Funeral Arrangements Announced As Carrie Underwood Shares Story About Him

Country Singer Toby Keith Poses On The Red Carpet Before The Songwriters Hall Of Fame Ceremony In New York
Country singer Toby Keith poses on the red carpet before the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Chattanooga, TN – The Pulse:

Toby Keith’s family posted this weekend that they’ll have a private funeral service for the family, band, and crew, sometime in mid-February… And that a memorial service, open to others, will be announced soon.

They asked that in lieu of flowers that you make a donation at the Toby Keith Foundation to help the OK Kids Korral, which is a haven to the entire family, as a child with cancer, receives treatment.

Also this weekend, Carrie Underwood reached out to share a story about him. The two of them connected on numerous levels and she says one of the things she respected most about Toby… was his love for their home state of Oklahoma: