Terrible news out of Arkansas as Arkansas State head coach Blake Anderson has announced that his wife Wendy has died. She was 49.

Anderson is currently on leave from Arkansas State with defensive coordinator David Duggan currently serving as the program’s interim head coach.

Here is the message Anderson shared on Tuesday morning announcing his wife’s fate.

“My beautiful girl has gone home to be with Jesus… no more pain, no more suffering, and praise Him no more cancer. She passed as peacefully and gracefully as could ever hope just a few minutes before midnight with me laying right beside here. I have been so blessed to have her by my side each day for the past 27 years. Thank you so much to all who have walked, prayed, cried, and loved her through this brutal two-year battle… Praise Him that she hurts no more, and is in His presence now and forever.”

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Anderson and his family.