Three girls from Dallas, 8-year-olds Hadley Hanna and Eloise Peck and 9-year-old Lila Bonner, were among the missing Camp Mystic campers.

It is somber and painful for so many, and we are all connected in some way to the folks in Central Texas - many directly to those at Camp Mystic," said Rev. Paul Rasmussen, Highland Park United Methodist Church.

Generations of the same family have operated the summer camp since 1939. It counts family members of former president and governors as alumnae.