Reba McEntire‘s son, Shelby Blackstock, broke his silence on the death of his half-brother, Brandon Blackstock. “Words cannot begin to capture the tremendous loss our family has endured. Yesterday, we lost a brother,

Reba McEntire was married to Narvel Blackstock from 1989 to 2015, and the marriage produced one biological son, Shelby, who was born in 1990. But McEntire also gained three stepchildren from the union,

McEntire tied the knot with Narvel in 1989 and the former pair were married for 26 years before divorcing in 2015. The exes share son Shelby Blackstock, 35, as well as Narvel’s three children — Brandon, Chassidy and Shawna — from his previous marriage to Elisa Gayle Ritter.