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Kerville, Texas – Business owners in Texas are rolling their sleeves so that they can serve others.
As the first respondents work to comb through debris and destruction, the owners and employees of Billy Jean are cooking the Hill Country favorite for men and women helping their community.
“The day this happened, we just started,” Crystal Smith, who owns Billy Jean with her husband, told Fox News Digital. “We knew that they were coming out, we knew that they are going to work 24/7, so this is the way we can help the community.”
Smith praised the men and women coming to the region, “to help the small slices of heaven” after a disastrous flood flowed through the area in the weekend “.
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Ker County, Texas, US on July 4, 2025, after flash flooding, the first response of the flood waters of the Guadalup river still in the image from the video. (KSAT through ABC affiliated KSAT)
The first respondents have shown for famous food and, according to Smith, they left full and happy.
“Everyone appreciates that it comes, they want a home-ripe food. People are hugging us who have come and get a meal, stating that ‘Thank you.” And we are really grateful, we are grateful to them, “he said.
On July 7, 2025, the disastrous floods in Central Texas behind the restaurant of Billy Jean survived the debris. (Rachel Wolf/Fox News Digital)
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The restaurant was founded by her in -laws about 30 years ago, and when she decided to retire 10 years ago, Crystal and Ty Smith took over. It is clearly a local favorite, as it has been given the best all-round food in Kerville for the last 10 years and the best chicken Fried Stek has been voted since 2007.
When asked about the desire of the community, not only help each other, but also help the respondents first, Smith said that it is part of the “spirit” of Texas.
“We put on our shoes and we work. This is what we do in the country, this is what we do in Texas. That’s what we are, this is our soul,” Smith said.
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Janyce Karcher, who was born in Kerville, Texas and grew up, spoke with her husband, a retired fire fighter, spoke with Fox News Digital, who to meet Billy Jean.
“It was very bad that it was much worse than what we have experienced here in Kerville throughout our life,” said Current. “Even in 1978 floods we had about 20 inches of rain, but it did not destroy and we did not see the devastation that we see here today.”
Curture is confident that Kerville will get through thanks to the disaster for its “tight-bunny community”.
“We are strong Kerville. We are going to overcome it,” Curture told Fox News Digital.
Debris from floods behind Billy Jean in Keraville, Texas, Texas on 7 July 2025. (Rachel Wolf/Fox News Digital)
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Smith is not a stranger for the destruction of floods. She showed Fox News Digital Debris behind the restaurant, including a picnic table that she said that was not before the flood, despite landing in an honest situation. Smith said that they are trying to sort through the objects in the debris so that they could be returned to their right owners.
While Billy Jean was not damaged in floods, a staff member lost everything. He said that Billy is providing a place to the gene employee and her husband to live and cover the cost of her food.
