{"id":30301,"date":"2025-07-08T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30301"},"modified":"2025-07-08T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:30:36","slug":"chiefs-owners-daughter-gracie-hunt-says-her-heart-aches-after-family-lost-9-year-old-relative-in-texas-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30301","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Owner&#8217;s Daughter Gracie Hunt Says Her \u2018Heart Aches\u2019 After Family Lost 9-Year-Old Relative in Texas Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">Janie Hunt was part of the group from Camp Mystic who died in the Texas floods<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Chiefs Heiress Gracie Hunt expressed her heartache on Monday, July 7, after her family lost a 9-year-old relative in the Texas floods<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;My heart aches for our extended family and friends who lost daughters, for every life lost and every family shattered by the floods in Texas,\u201d she wrote on Instagram<\/li>\n<li>Janie Hunt was part of the group of 27 Camp Mystic campers who lost their lives in the\u00a0Texas floods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-clark-hunt-daughter-gracie-hunt-8787832\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Gracie Hunt<\/a>\u00a0is expressing her sorrow following the passing of a young relative.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">PEOPLE previously reported that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kansas-city-chiefs-owner-mourns-death-young-relative-texas-floods-11767263\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">9-year-old Janie Hunt<\/a>, a family member of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, was one of the Camp Mystic campers who died in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/texas-floods-live-updates-11767178\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Texas floods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/photos-show-how-floodwaters-ravaged-summer-camp-in-texas-11767153\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Christian girls\u2019 camp<\/a>\u00a0experienced catastrophic flooding after deadly waters swept through the state on Friday, July 4.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">And on Monday, July 7, Clark\u2019s daughter Gracie Hunt, 26, shared an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DL0hBPwOrBA\/?hl=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">emotional post<\/a>\u00a0about the tragedy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30302\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a-1-300x233.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a-1-300x233.webp 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a-1-1024x795.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a-1-768x596.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a-1-1536x1192.webp 1536w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a-1.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/DvS8VpaA4YpQIOhr7SVQlvuOTkU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1008x769:1010x771):format(webp)\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/DvS8VpaA4YpQIOhr7SVQlvuOTkU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1008x769:1010x771):format(webp)\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Janie Hunt Sharing for our friends &amp; neighbors to the south. Our hearts go out to all the families and first responders on the ground in the midst of such a tragedy. All the girls missing from camp Mystic due to the flash flooding.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1552\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/DvS8VpaA4YpQIOhr7SVQlvuOTkU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1008x769:1010x771):format(webp)\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/DvS8VpaA4YpQIOhr7SVQlvuOTkU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1008x769:1010x771):format(webp)\/Girls-missing-Texas-Christian-camp-flooding-070525-3-572b9373c62b4d4980a6a8b8af38ed8a.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Janie Hunt.<\/span>OKCM Search &amp; Rescue Team Facebook<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cPraying for Texas \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc Some days, it\u2019s hard to understand how the world can hold both so much beauty and so much pain,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHow can the same God who created the stars and set the planets in motion allow such deep suffering?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block collapsed\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native \" data-right-rail-index=\"2\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Gracie added, \u201cThe truth is, we live in a broken world \u2014 one that groans for redemption (Romans 8). But Scripture promises that one day, Christ will make all things new \u2014 a new heaven and a new earth (2 Peter 3:13).\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cMy heart aches for our extended family and friends who lost daughters \u2014 for every life lost and every family shattered by the floods in Texas,\u201d she continued. \u201cI don\u2019t have easy answers, but I do know this: following Jesus doesn\u2019t spare us from pain, but it means we never face it alone. \ud83e\udd0d.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Gracie added, \u201cEven in the darkest valleys, we hold on to the hope that this is not the end of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Hunt then shared bible verses 2 Corinthians 4:16\u201318 and Psalm 23:4.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30303\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3xFt3i55pSt5jkYoVzB5j5bMoyo=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(700x279:702x281):format(webp)\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3xFt3i55pSt5jkYoVzB5j5bMoyo=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(700x279:702x281):format(webp)\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Gracie Hunt Michael Rubin's Fanatics Super Bowl Party, New Orleans\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3xFt3i55pSt5jkYoVzB5j5bMoyo=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(700x279:702x281):format(webp)\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3xFt3i55pSt5jkYoVzB5j5bMoyo=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(700x279:702x281):format(webp)\/gracie-hunt-michael-rubins-fanatics-super-bowl-party-070825-1-c9a75c2e2274427c8da12483673a3e95.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Gracie Hunt, February 2025.<\/span>Aaron J. Thornton\/imageSPACE\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Meanwhile, Gracie\u2019s mother, Tavia Hunt, commented, \u201cJesus be near \ud83d\udc94\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Tavia also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kansas-city-chiefs-owner-mourns-death-young-relative-texas-floods-11767263\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">expressed her heartbreak<\/a>\u00a0following the news of Janie\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Our hearts are broken by the devastation from the floods in Wimberley and the tragic loss of so many lives \u2014 including a precious little Hunt cousin, along with several friends\u2019 little girls,&#8221; she wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Janie\u2019s family confirmed her death in a statement to PEOPLE, stating, \u201cWe are devastated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/chiefs-owners-family-mourns-young-relative-lost-devastating-texas-floods-tragic-loss\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Fox News<\/a>, Janie was the late billionaire William Herbert Hunt\u2019s great-granddaughter, while William Herbert was the brother of Clark\u2019s late father Lamar Hunt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">As of Monday, July 7, at least 94 people were confirmed to have died following the floods, with 75 fatalities taking place in Kerr County, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/weather\/live-news\/texas-flooding-camp-mystic-07-07-25-hnk?t=1751916620033\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Camp Mystic also confirmed in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campmystic.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">statement<\/a>\u00a0that 27 of their campers and counselors were among\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/texas-flooding-victims-continue-to-be-identified-11767007\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">the victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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