NATCHEZ &8212; A Sunday plane crash in Texas left three giant holes in the Miss-Lou.

The pilot and his two passengers left behind families, friends, pet projects and civic roles.

And they left many wondering what happens next.

Barr Brown

Barr Brown, 50, recently retired from Louisiana Home Care, Inc., a company with offices across the state, including Vidalia.

The flight to Waco Sunday night was for a Monday morning business meeting.

Brown is survived by his wife Beth; adult sons Chase and Cole; a stepson, Preston; and preschool- age son Jack Daylon. Brown lived in Natchez.

Brown, a former Cathedral School football star, switched allegiances in adult life and devoted much of his time and money to Trinity Episcopal Day School.

&8220;He&8217;s been one of our most important supporters for far longer than I&8217;ve been involved in the school,&8221; Head of School Delecia Carey said. &8220;I can&8217;t imagine Trinity without Barr.&8221;

Brown donated financially to the school, Carey said, but was also a presence on campus.

&8220;The biggest thing he just recently did was he donated $60,000 with the specific mandate that we refurbish the elementary playground.

&8220;I walked up one time and he was carrying these four-by-four inch landscape timbers. He said he just had to make sure it&8217;s done the right way. He cared so much about kids.&8221;

Brown also volunteered on the football field alongside coach David King.

&8220;There will never be another one like him here,&8221; King said. &8220;Personally, he did more for me than I believe anyone has done.&8221;

The winning attitude Brown carried into adult life was one he had at a young age, friend and classmate Joe Eidt said.

&8220;He would do anything he could to beat you (on the football field),&8221; Eidt said. &8220;He was a driven man, a big hearted and kind person.&8221;

Justin Cardneaux

A local pilot and flight instructor for years, Justin Cardneaux, in his 40s, wanted to return home to work.

A Natchez native, Cardneaux flew out of Monroe, La., for a little while, friend and fellow pilot Tom Borum said.

&8220;He wasn&8217;t making much money, and he came to Natchez knowing he wouldn&8217;t make much money.&8221;

But Natchez was home.

Cardneaux was Borum&8217;s first flight instructor, taking him on his first private flight in 1994.

&8220;Justin told me when I started flying with him that he grew up in life with a little dyslexia,&8221; Borum said. &8220;A school counselor told him there were not too many things he&8217;d be able to do in life. But he went and was an airplane pilot, and he was a good airplane pilot.

&8220;He wanted to fly and loved flying.&8221;

Borum said Monday&8217;s news was hard to digest.

&8220;It hits home,&8221; he said. &8220;It keeps you on your Ps and Qs.&8221;

Cardneaux&8217;s daughter, Catherine is a senior at Cathedral High School.

Jerry Roberts

Jerry Roberts, 38, was a Vidalia resident, an employee of Louisiana Home Care, Inc., and a member of the Concordia Parish School Board.

Roberts was elected to the school board two years ago, and has made a difference, Superintendent Kerry Laster said.

&8220;He is certainly a child-centered person,&8221; she said. &8220;He has humor but can be serious, and he thinks through the topic to make the right decisions.&8221;

Roberts has served as a volunteer coach at Vidalia High School in recent years, and spearheaded a push to build an athletic building on the campus earlier this year. The building project is on go and should be opened in the coming months.

Roberts&8217; stepfather, James Cockerham, said the news hit the family hard Sunday night.

&8220;You think this is always going to happen to someone else, it&8217;s not going to happen to my family,&8221; Cockerham said. &8220;It&8217;s just so hard, so hard.

&8220;Every life that Jerry touched, he left something on that person&8217;s life. He was just that type of individual.&8221;

Roberts&8217; survivors include his wife Dianna; two children, Graham, 18, and Karianna, 16; his mother, Sue Cockerham, and two sisters, Cindy Thornton and Pam Frank.

No word on funeral arrangements was available Monday night.

Family members and friends of Barr and Roberts said they were waiting on the release of remains before making arrangements.

The Cessna 310 Cardneaux was flying crashed in a plowed field near the Waco Regional Airport.

It caught fire after the crash, destroying most of the fuselage.

The crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.