--- title: Country Singer Craig Morgan's Son Jerry Greer Found Dead description: Jerry Greer, the 19-year-old son of country singer and songwriter Craig Morgan, has been found dead. canonical: https://time.com/4402285/jerry-greer-craig-morga-dead-accident/ author: Simon Lewis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T04:49:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:11:17.851Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Son of Country Singer Craig Morgan Has Been Found Dead og:description: Jerry Greer, 19, was reported missing on Sunday after a tubing accident og:url: https://time.com/4402285/jerry-greer-craig-morga-dead-accident/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Son of Country Singer Craig Morgan Has Been Found Dead twitter:description: Jerry Greer, 19, was reported missing on Sunday after a tubing accident twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Son of Country Singer Craig Morgan Has Been Found Dead by [Simon Lewis](https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Jul 12, 2016 4:49 AM UTC by [Simon Lewis](https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/) ## Simon Lewis Jul 12, 2016 4:49 AM UTC Jerry Greer, the 19-year-old son of country singer and songwriter Craig Morgan, has been [found dead](http://www.people.com/article/craig-morgan-son-jerry-greer-found-dead) in Humphreys County, Tennessee, after he was reported missing following a boating accident on the county’s Kentucky Lake. _People_ reports that Greer was reported missing on Sunday when he had an accident while tubing on the lake with another teen. “It is with deep sadness that I am confirming the passing of Jerry Greer, son of country music entertainer Craig Morgan and wife Karen Greer,” a family representative told _People_ in a statement Monday. “The Humphreys County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Department recovered his body this evening after a search that began Sunday following a boating accident on Kentucky Lake in Tennessee,” the statement read. “A 2016 graduate of Dickson County High School, Jerry planned to play football for Marshall University in the fall.” \[[_People_](http://www.people.com/article/craig-morgan-son-jerry-greer-found-dead)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4402285/jerry-greer-craig-morga-dead-accident/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4402285/jerry-greer-craig-morga-dead-accident/"},"headline":"The Son of Country Singer Craig Morgan Has Been Found Dead","datePublished":"2016-07-12T04:49:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:11:17.851Z","description":"Jerry Greer, 19, was reported missing on Sunday","url":"https://time.com/4402285/jerry-greer-craig-morga-dead-accident/","keywords":["Music","Tennessee","country music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Simon Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/simon-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4402285/jerry-greer-craig-morga-dead-accident/","name":"The Son of Country Singer Craig Morgan Has Been Found Dead"}}]}] ```