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In the aftermath of the trag- promises — and what he Kerrville community unites in mourning edy, the deeply religious doesn’t — to quell their grief. County community “(God) doesn’t promise that and prayer for those lost and missing in Texas floods Kerr turned to gospel Wednesday we’re not going to have in-
By Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune July 10, 2025 "Kerrville community unites in mourning and prayer for those lost and missing in
Texas floods" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
07/02/19 they were not there to see night. Residents channeled jury or death or sickness,”
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. KERRVILLE — A crowd gathered at Antler Stadium on Wednesday night, but
the Tivy Antler football team run drills or host rival teams. Instead, the parents, teachers, students and others who filled the bleachers solemnly looked ahead at the Kerrville Independent School District’s football field. They grappled with a grief caused by a devastating flood that swept away people young and old in the early hours of July Fourth. As hundreds trickled in for a vigil for the flood's victims that night, people hugged. Some smiled when they spotted a friend, striking up a conversation. Many cried for the Texas Hill Country, which was struck last Friday by the state’s second-deadliest flood. Among the victims lost to the deadly currents of the Guadalupe River was Reese Zunker, who had coached soccer for 12 years at Tivy High School, home to about 4,700 students. “Our community was struck with tragedy literally in the darkness,” one speaker said. “But as the sun rose, the light came.”
their grief through prayer for the more than 100 lives lost and 161 victims from the region who remain missing. Questions remain about whether residents were given enough time to evacuate the areas that flooded, including Camp Mystic, the all-girls summer camp and a beloved tradition at the epicenter of the catastrophe. Twentyseven girls, the camp confirmed, died, as did its director, Richard “Dick” Eastland. This act of remembrance, residents said, was their way of coming to terms with the senseless destruction the flood left behind. “I think it’s a way of moving on,” said Leah Westra, a coalition coordinator for the Hill Country Council of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and mother of three, two of whom attend Tivy. “We move on, not because we forget our grief or forget the tragedy, but because we have to. We get to move on and rebuild.” Pete Calderón, who sits on the school district’s board of trustees, said he tells his students about what God
he said. “What he does promise is that he’s going to be there for us … and you’ve got to lean on that.” Scenes of the community’s faith presented themselves repeatedly Wednesday evening. Turning bleachers into pews, mourners sang in worship, with one verse saying: “It’s your breath in our lungs.” A high schooler had his arm outstretched, his palms up. Two friends embraced each other, their arms interlocked across different rows of the stadium. Another woman held her toddler tighter. Her son is so young that he can’t quite grasp the magnitude of the death. “Peace, peace,” one man whispered to himself. One girl adjusted her red glasses to wipe away her tears. Every time she did, her cheeks just got damp again.
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