They were both in their 50s, had raised their daughters together, andwere regulars at a weekly bible study class for women at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga.

Howard Edington of the First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, and often joined her husband, 55, on his increasingly frequent European trips for Parker Hannifin Corp., an Ohio-based manufacturer of parts for the air-conditioning, automotive and aerospace industries.Ĭaroline Smith and Cherie Hastie were next-door neighbors, best friends, virtually sisters. Polly Hopcraft, 49, was learning French with typical enthusiasm, recalled a friend, the Rev. The couple also owned a house in Gates Mills, Ohio, and divided their time between the three residences.

Hopcraft had business responsibilities there, and they owned a house just across the border in France.

Larry and Polly Hopcraft, who met and married relatively late in life, were flying to Geneva from their home in Winter Park, traveling on business and for pleasure as they often did. Prince Bandar ibn Saud ibn Abdel Rahman, a member of the numerous Saudi royal family, was among the 229 people killed in the crash, an official of the embassy of Saudi Arabia confirmed Friday.

Joey lamotta