NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 17: Singer Craig Morgan attends 'FOX & Friends' All American Concert Series outside of FOX Studios on June 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage)
Singer Craig Morgan: Son’s Death ‘Hardest Thing We Have Ever Had to Endure’
Country singer Craig Morgan said the loss of his son is the “hardest thing we have ever had to endure as a family.”
Morgan’s son Jerry Greer, 19, died on July 10 during a tubing trip with friends at Kentucky Lake in northwestern Tennessee.
“Jerry may be gone from this earth, and we will miss him every day, but his spirit will live on in our hearts,” Morgan wrote in a statement on July 20.
Morgan thanks a long list of people and organizations for their support, including the various agencies that helped in the investigation of his son’s death, friends and family, and the music and outdoor communities.
“We are blessed by the outpouring of prayers and condolences from across the world.”
Greer was wearing a life vest when he fell off the tube into the water, but he failed to surface. When his body was recovered a day later, his life vest was still on.
“This was just a tragic accident as far as hitting a wave and coming off [the tube] and not coming up,” Sheriff Chris Davis said at the time, according to People.
Greer was a high school football star who was set to play at Marshall University in the coming fall.
He is survived by his parents, three brothers, and a sister.