Granger Smith And Wife Expecting A Baby Boy, Release Touching Video

After losing their 3-year-old son River in a drowning accident in 2019, Granger Smith and his wife Amber announced they are expecting a baby and it will be a boy….

Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Updated Mar 12, 2021 6:22 PM EST

Granger Smith And Wife Expecting A Baby Boy, Release Touching Video

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After losing their 3-year-old son River in a drowning accident in 2019, Granger Smith and his wife Amber announced they are expecting a baby and it will be a boy.

Granger and his family posted a touching video speaking to River in heaven saying in part, "Dear River because of the life you lived we've known so much joy..." Then after the family shares a few more things that River's life brought to them, they say, "River, because of the life you lived you're going to have a baby brother."

Granger posted to Instagram along with the video, "We’re pregnant. I don’t have many words for this video. Life isn’t perfect. Sometimes it’s beat up and broken but it’s NEVER hopeless. God promises that. Our story isn’t finished yet, and neither is yours! Through our suffering and joy, God’s glory radiates through it all! A new Smith boy is due in August."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.