Jake Prince was the jokester. Griffin Prince was quiet, more reserved.
They were brothers, but more like best friends, family members recall. They loved riding dirt bikes and going on family vacations.
"They just enjoyed being together," their aunt, Tracie Edwards, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday night.
One day after older brother Griffin's body was pulled from 113 feet underwater at Lake Lanier, the family said they will be forever grateful to the community that stood by them from the moment the nightmare began 10 days ago.
The latest show of support came at a neighborhood swim meet in Dacula, where organizers held a fundraiser Thursday. Gary Hansen, grandfather of Jake, 9, and Griffin, 13, spoke to the crowd before the meet began, thanking strangers for their thoughts and prayers.
"I hope people will love their children just a little bit more," Hansen said. "Hug their children just a little bit more."
Just outside the pool area, Hansen said the boys will be buried together, a fitting tribute. Hansen said his daughter, Tara Prince, and her husband, Michael, have been devastated since June 18, the night their pontoon boat was involved in a collision on Lake Lanier.
The Prince brothers were among 13 people on the pontoon, driven by the boys' father, when it collided with a speedboat around 10 p.m.. The driver of the speed boat, Paul Bennett, was arrested and charged with boating under the influence. He could face additional charges pending the outcome of a state Department of Natural Resources investigation.
The already close-knit Prince family could not have imagined the support they would receive, including from the 10-member Hall County Sheriff's Office dive team, which found Griffin's body after an exhaustive search spanning several days.
It was the dive team's captain, Sgt. Kelley Edwards, and a fellow diver, Sgt Michael Mazarky, who found Griffin in the final dive of the day. But the two are quick to say it was a team effort.
"It was a relief," Edwards told Channel 2 Action News. "I knew that I was fixing to give a family back their son. That's why we all do this."
At the swim meet Thursday, a moment of silence was observed for the brothers before the first splash. But the Prince brothers were still being honored. Many swimmers, including 14-year-old Tristan Nicholas, sported handwritten messages in remembrance of the boys he said he knew from church.
Under his Captain America T-shirt, Tristan's back read "Families are Forever," written in blue marker.
Tristan said he hasn't gotten to speak with his friend Ryan Prince, Jake and Griffin's 15-year-old brother, but the family had been in his thoughts nonstop.
"It was hard, but I accepted that they were in a better place," Tristan said. "We're all there for them."
A raffle at the swim meet had raised $1,000 by 6:30 p.m. to benefit the Prince family.
A public visitation will be held for Jake and Griffin at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. Funeral services, open only to family members, close friends and public safety members, are also planned at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The time and date were not announced.
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