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Camp Director dead following devastating floods in Texas
The Kerrville Daily Times has confirmed a “pillar of the community” has died in the floodwaters that plagued the Hunt community.
KERRVILLE, Texas — The Kerrville Daily Times has confirmed that a camp director at Heart O’ the Hills Camp in Hunt died in Friday’s flash floods.
Jane Ragsdale was a camper and counselor at Heart O’ the Hills Camp in the 1970’s before becoming a co-owner of the camp in 1976. She served as program director before becoming the camp director in 1988.
The Heart O’ the Hills website describes Ragsdale as “the heart and soul” of camp as she had received the Pioneer Trailblazer Award from the Pioneer Alumni Association in 2022 and the Speedy Altman Award, a national lifetime achievement award from the Camp Owners and Directors Association.
Officials said 13 people have died and at least 20 others are unaccounted for due to the flash flooding in the Kerrville area.