The body of son of country music singer Craig Morgan has been found after boating accident

The body of Craig Morgan’s son Jerry Greer has been found, representatives for the country singer have confirmed. The 19-year-old went missing in a boating accident Sunday in Tennessee.

“The Humphreys County [Tenn.] Sheriff’s Department recovered his body this evening after a search that began Sunday following a boating accident on Kentucky Lake in Tennessee,” read a statement released Monday evening.

Greer was found still wearing his life jacket, authorities told People on Tuesday, noting that the boaters had been tubing legally, with proper safety equipment onboard. It was unclear why he didn’t resurface.

"This was just a tragic accident as far as hitting a wave and coming off [the tube] and not coming up," Sheriff Chris Davis told the outlet.

Greer had recently graduated from high school in Dickson County, Tenn., and planned to play football for West Virginia’s Marshall University in the fall, the statement said.

Jerry Greer, whose mom Karen Greer has been married to the “International Harvester” singer for more than 25 years, was tubing with a friend on a part of the Tennessee River known as Kentucky Lake when they hit a wave and the two went under, WKRN-TV in Nashville reported. The other young man was able to get back on the boat, but Greer didn’t resurface.

Rescuers worked overnight looking for the young man after a 4 p.m. emergency call, but the search turned into a recovery effort about 12 hours in, and Greer's body was found around 9 p.m. Monday. The search of about 10 acres involved about 80 people, nearly two dozen boats and a helicopter, WKRN said. An underwater vehicle was also used, according to WSMV-TV.

“The family is grateful for the outpouring of support and requests prayers at this time as they privately mourn this terrible loss,” according to a family statement.

Morgan, who recently released a new album, "A Whole Lot More to Me," is scheduled to play shows in South Dakota and Minnesota later this week, including a concert Thursday at the Deadwood Mountain Grand in Deadwood, S.D. The hotel and casino was still waiting for official word about whether the concert would go forward, a rep said early Monday, “but we're almost certain it will not. It’s terribly, terribly, terribly, terribly sad.”

The “Wake Up Loving You” singer, 51, has more than 20 concert dates scheduled between now and the end of the year, according to his website.

Along with his parents, Jerry Greer is survived by sister Aly Beaird; brothers Kyle Greer and Wyatt Greer; brother-in-law Ryan Beaird; and Kyle’s fiancé Chelsea Rogers. Funeral plans are pending.

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2:07 p.m.: This article was updated with additional details.

This article was originally published at 8:26 a.m.