Jake Flint’s widow Brenda shared a touching tribute to her hubby connected her Facebook leafage connected Monday, December 5. Brenda posted a photograph of the state singer, who died astatine 37 connected November 26, cozying up to her and wrote astir however overmuch she misses him with a abbreviated and elemental caption.
The mates were some smiling successful the throwback photo. Jake was resting his caput connected Brenda’s shoulder, and it was a precise saccharine moment. Brenda shared the photograph soon earlier her husband’s ceremonial began connected Monday morning. “I emotion you this morning,” she wrote.
Jake’s ceremonial was held successful Tulsa, Oklahoma astatine Cedar Point Church successful Claremore, per KTUL. His household requested that successful lieu of flowers, donations beryllium made to the Red Dirt Relief Fund, which helps euphony professionals successful Oklahoma.
Jake died the time aft helium and Brenda got married. He passed distant successful his slumber aft the ceremony, and nary authoritative origin of decease has been released yet. After his death, his widow took to her Facebook to mourn his passing. “We should beryllium going done wedding photos but alternatively I person to prime retired apparel to hide my hubby in,” she wrote. “People aren’t meant to consciousness this overmuch pain. My bosom is gone and I conscionable truly request him to travel back. I can’t instrumentality overmuch more. I request him here.”
The state singer’s household released a connection mourning his decease to KTUL. “Our hearts are breached implicit this tragic loss. Jacob was a beloved son, brother, uncle, and spouse to his wife, Brenda. He valued his family, friendships, and surviving beingness to the fullest, which was evident successful his songwriting. Every idiosyncratic who knew him has a communicative of his wit, charm, talent, and compassion. We are truthful grateful for the outpouring of enactment and the galore beauteous tributes that person been shared astir the interaction Jacob had connected galore lives. While we grieve what we cognize could person been, we’re grateful that his endowment and emotion unrecorded connected successful his songs,” they said.
Jake released his debut medium I’m Not OK in 2016 and his self-titled follow-up successful 2020. He besides released 2 unrecorded albums, with the astir caller being 2021’s Live and Socially Distanced astatine Mercury Lounge. Jake regularly posted photos of Brenda connected his societal media, including erstwhile they announced that they got engaged successful January. “We did a thing. Say hullo to the aboriginal Mr. Brenda Wilson,” helium wrote connected Instagram.