Beloved Heart O’ The Hills camp director killed in Hill Country flooding
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Beloved camp director killed in Hill Country flooding – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Jane Ragsdale was the longtime co-owner and director of Heart O’ The Hills. The all-girls camp in Kerrville, Texas, said she died during the flooding. The camp was not in session and those who were there have been accounted for or are on higher ground, the camp said.
On Friday night, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed the death toll from the Fourth of July flooding in the Hill County had risen to 24 people.
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Authorities have not identified all the victims, but an all-girls camp in Kerrville said its camp director and co-owner was one of the people killed. Heart O’ The Hills posted on its website that its camp director and co-owner, Jane Ragsdale, died during the catastrophic flooding.
“We have received word that Jane Ragsdale did not make it. We are mourning the loss of a woman who influenced countless lives and was the definition of strong and powerful,” said the camp in a statement.
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The camp was not in session and those who were there have been accounted for or are on higher ground, the camp said.
Ragsdale was described as the “heart and soul” of Heart O’ the Hills, an all-girls camp. According to their website, she was once a camper before becoming a counselor. She served as a program director from 1978 to 1987 and became the camp director in 1988.
According to their website, she’s been a co-owner of the camp since 1976.