Drake White and wife Alex mourn daughter's death after premature birth

Country singer Drake White and his wife, Alex, announced on Sunday that their newborn daughter, Della Elizabeth White, died shortly after her birth on Aug. 31. In a joint Instagram post shared Sept. 7, the couple said Della, who was born at 29 weeks, passed away peacefully minutes after she arrived.

The Whites wrote that their daughter was born prematurely and died soon afterward. Their post gave details that Della weighed about 3 pounds, 3.5 ounces at birth and that she lived for roughly 20 minutes; another account in the post listed her birth at 8:52 a.m. and her death at 9:12 a.m. The couple described those short hours as "holy moments" and expressed gratitude for the time they had with their child. "We are so thankful for the holy moments God gave us with her," they wrote. "We are heartbroken and soul tired, but we know we will get through this difficult time with the strength, peace and joy that only our Heavenly Father can provide."

The Instagram post included a black-and-white photograph of the couple with their infant in the hospital and quoted passages from Psalms as part of their tribute. They wrote that they felt sustained by their faith and hoped Della would "be held...