Girl ‘Live her best life’ and camp’s ‘heart and soul’

An eight-year-old girl and an all-gourd summer camp director is one of the victims of flash floods in Texas, who claimed the lives of at least 51 people, including 15 children.

Officials say that most of the victims have been identified. Officials have not yet publicly released any name.

Here we know about the victims so far.

Her uncle said in a Facebook post that the eight -year -old Renny Smastrela was in the camp Mystic, when she was swept away through a summer camp for girls.

Shaun Salta of Maryland wrote, “Renee has been found and when we prayed, the social media outreach first helped the respondents to recognize so quickly.”

“We are grateful that she was with her friends and her life was the time, as it was clear from this picture from yesterday,” she wrote. “She must have always lived her best life in Camp Mystic.”

Camp Mystic, where 27 children are missing, Hunt, near Texas has an almost century old Christian Summer Camp for girls on the banks of the Gwadalup River.

Operated by generations of the same family from the 1930s, the camp website gives itself as a bill in the form of bills in the form of bills in the form of bills as a place to develop “spiritual” in “spiritual” Christian atmosphere for girls, which to develop excellent personal qualities and self-respect “.

Heart O ‘The Hills is another All-Girls’ camp that sits on the banks of the Gwadalup River and was right in the way of Friday floods.

A statement shared on the official website of the camp said on Saturday, Jane Ragsdel, described as the “heart and soul” of Heart O’Hills, “not made”.

Ragsdale, who started as a counselor as a tourist, became the director and co-owner of the camp in 1976.

The statement said, “We are mourning the loss of a woman who influenced countless life and had a strong and powerful definition.”

According to the statement, no camper was staying on the site when the flood was hit and most of them who were there were calculated.

Sarah Marsh, a student of Cherokee Bend Elementary School in Alabama, will enter the third grade in August.

She also, Camp Mistic and her grandmother, were participating in Debbie Ford Marsh, asked for prayer in a post on Facebook on Friday.

A few hours later, she shared online that her granddaughter was one of the slain girls.

“We will always feel that this beautiful spunty ray of light in our life will be blessed. He will stay in our hearts forever!” He said.

In a post on Facebook, Alabama’s senator Katie Britn said “Sarah Marsh’s heart is breaking up, and we are keeping our family in their thoughts and prayers during this unimaginable time”.

Nine -year -old Jenny Hunt from Dallas was also participating in the Camp Mystic and died in the flood.

Her grandmother Margaret Hunt told the New York Times that she went to the camp with her six cousins, who are all safe.

Margaret said that Jenny’s parents had to go to a funeral home and identify their daughter.

Jenny oil is a granddaughter of Baron William Herbert Hunt.

As Fludweightrs tear through their trailer in Texas, Julian Ryan turned to her fiancé Christina Wilson and said: “Sorry, I am not going to make it. I love Y’Al” – Christina told Houston Television Station Khou.

His body was not recovered until after the water.

Julian abolished a late dishwashing shift at a restaurant when the Gwadalup river was swept away in the beginning of Friday.

He and Christina woke up for ankle-deep water that quickly increased to his waist. He told that the station closed his bedroom door and with running into the water, Ryan punched a window to get his family out. He severely cut his arm in this process.

His 13 -month -old and 6 -year -old son and his mother survived on a mattress until help could come.

Ryan’s sister Koni Salas told Khau, “He died a hero, and he will never pay attention to anyone.”

Richard “Dick”, a long-time co-owner and co-director of Camp Mistic, died while flying at Houston Hospital.

His death was confirmed by Ker County Judge Rob Kelly, who participated in the Bible study with dick and described him as a pillar of the local community.

According to Texas Public Radio, Dick’s wife, tweeti, was found safe at her riverside home.

The Eastlands had run a camp myist at a girls summer camp on the banks of the Gwadalup River since 1974, became the third generation of their family to do so.

According to the Washington Post, the couple have 11 grandchildren and most extended family camps are included in life.

His eldest son, Richard, Camp Kitchen and his youngest, Edward, and his wife manage the Camp Mistic Operations directly operating in the Guadalup River.

The 52 -year -old Catherine Eids was swept away in flood waters in the Kerville area of ​​Texas, on Friday morning and her husband Brian, who told the New York Times, fled their camps, because there was an increase in the growing water around them.

Another tourist offered him a ride and made it beyond the road before he stopped in the flood.

After moments, both were currently pulled. Bryan said that he lost his wife’s vision after being hit by the rubble. He survived by clinging to a tree until he reached the dry land.

Catherine’s body was later recovered.

“God is now with him,” his mother, Elizabeth Moss Grover wrote on Facebook.

Amy Hachinson, director of Olive Branch Counseling in Texas, where Catherine worked, told the Washington Post that he was “a light for an hope and all who knew him … a stellar consultant and professor.”

BBC News reported that two sisters of Dallas-13-year-old Blair Harbor and 11-year-old Brook Harbor-Gaadalup were living with their grandparents, when their cabin was washed, CBS News, BBC’s American partner said.

His parents were in a separate cabin and were not harmed.

His grandparents are still unaware.

Deaths were confirmed by St. Rita Catholic community, where Brook was due to starting sixth grade. Blair was preparing to enter the eighth grade.

In correspondence with the church members, Father Joshua J Whitefield said, “Please keep the Harbor family in your prayers during deep grief. Our beliefs, our love, and our St. Rita community can be a source of strength and comfort in the days ahead.”

According to NBC News, a nine -year -old Leela Bonner, a Dallas native, was found dead after the flood near Camp Mistic.

His family said in a statement to the news outlet, “Amidst our unimaginable grief, we ask for privacy and are unable to confirm any detail at this time.”

“We hurt with all those who loved her and are praying endless.”