Craig Morgan Opens Up About The Loss Of His Son, Jerry
During a recent appearance on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde Podcast, Craig Morgan opened up quite emotionally about his memoir: God, Family, Country: Soldier, Singer, Husband, Dad — There’s a Whole Lot More to Me and the tragic death of his son, Jerry Greer.
Jerry passed at the young age of 19 in a water accident in 2016. Despite wearing a life jacket, he drowned after a collision.
In his memoir, the 58-year-old Army veteran shares deeply personal stories from his Tennessee roots, military service, and music career, as well as the profound grief of losing Jerry.
During Craig’s interview with Bunnie, he described how the tragedy pushed his faith to its limits and inspired him to tell his story openly in the book.
“That was a ‘really God?’ moment,” he said of the ordeal.
While Craig admitted the tragedy shook his family to the core, he never once questioned his belief in God as a result.
“I can’t say that I was mad at him. I would not question the question like, ‘really God?’ As a Christian, I really thought, I mean, I know I made mistakes, I’ve done things wrong, but I thought I was doing pretty good. You know, bad sh** shouldn’t happen to you…not the way it works though,” Craig told Bunnie.
He said, fighting back tears, that while he doesn’t blame God for what happened, he has had to accept that He didn’t prevent it.
“As I worked through all that, I realized God was never punishing me. He never was this, and I don’t believe in one second that God took my son. I believe the devil did it. And I do know that God could stop him and he didn’t for some reason. And what I have to accept is that that happened.”
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Craig continued on about living with the reality of what happened, and being okay with not having all the answers as a believer in Jesus Christ.
“A lot of people seek out the reason why God let that happen. Was it so that all those kids that got baptized after my son died would get baptized? Was it because of this? Was it because of the charity that was established in his name that’s going to help all these kids? Is it going to affect that? I don’t do that. I can’t because you’ll chase that sh** forever and all you’re doing is looking for justification and for me, there is no justification. He’s gone and that’s it. My youngest said it, we just have to live with the suck for the rest of our lives and we miss him. But my faith in God will not waver,” Craig said.
Watch Craig Morgan on the Dumb Blonde Podcast below.
