Camp Mystic Camper Virginia Hollis escorted home to Bellville home

Bellville, Texas – the streets of Bellville fell silent on Wednesday evening when the community welcomed one of its youngest daughters and was killed in the devastating flood on July 4 at Camp Mystic.

The body of the 8-year-old Virginia Hollis was found along the Guadalupe River at the beginning of this week, more than a week after the catastrophic floods on July 4. You and at least 27 other campers and consultants from Camp Mystic were swept away. Some of the victims came from the Houston area.

The residents lined the streets of the city center of Bellville, as he was green, and many made their children say goodbye to Virginia. The ceremonial procession included the sound of her mother's wine and the clip-Cllop of Horse Hufes when her grandfather led Virginia's horse behind the corpse car with her body.

“My heart broke for the parents and friends and I just felt that I was here,” said Nadine Kossow, a Houston resident who went to Bellville on Wednesday afternoon.

The Bellville Police Department and the Sheriff's office of Austin County were among the agencies who accompanied the house in Virginia on Wednesday.

The support of the support extended far beyond the borders of Bellville. Strangers from the hilly country to Austin County lined the streets to show their respect for a girl they had never met.

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Named after her mother and grandmother, say, she came from a long series of strong Texan women. Family members remember Virginia as a cowgirl who loved the rodeo and her horse “Salt Valley”.

“She was proud to cover him when he joined and bragged. She was like her Grandpa Sattelbronc driver,” her father said.

A gofundme.com report that was set up by friends in the family on behalf of the family said that Virginia was a first motorhome and a pure, joyful soul that illuminated every room.

“She loved fishing just as she loved to grasp gardening, play the piano as well as painting and the color pink as she loved the astros. She was courageous, curious and full of life.”

The little girl also loved golf, explored nature and babysit her little sister Sienna.

“Virginia was gentle, friendly and had a contagious smile. After her mother and grandmother, she was grew up in a number of strong Texan women, and this strength appeared in our sweet Virginia.”