Butterflies to farewell lovely Amy
Heartbroken family and friends of tattoo artist Amy Cox have packed out a chapel in Atherton to farewell the “bright” and “loving” young women at an emotional funeral service on Thursday.
Ms Cox, who worked at BLVK Temple Tattoo in Cairns City but lived in Atherton, died on Saturday, March 25 when her car struck a tree near Stoney Creek Bridge at about 3.30am.
As the service started, the acoustic song Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls sounded through the chapel, the front of which was covered in blue butterflies and pink flowers.
Ann Meek, speaking on behalf of the family, said Ms Cox’s young life was taken too early.
“Amy was blessed to have loving friends and family,” Ms Meek said.
“No words can do justice to this bright and loving person. “Amy was a beautiful soul.” Ms Meek painted Ms Cox as a young, bubbly personality.
“She has the most infectious laugh,” she said.
“She was a spiritual person, and loved butterflies and raised them carefully from eggs until they were ready.”
Personal messages were read out as written by some of Amy’s closest friends.
Friend Kyla wrote that she can’t begin to describe how much she meant to her.
“You have been by my side since the day I met you and I wouldn’t change that for the world,” she wrote.
“You would light up rooms the minute you walked into them.
“I wish I had more time with you.”
Friend Mimi also wrote in to remember Amy.
“Amy, my dear friend, my sister and my soulmate,” she wrote.
“You filled my life with laughter, happiness, and a little bit of chaos.”
The next speaker, Amy’s Aunty Robyn Cox, paid respects to everyone in the immediate family.
“We’re here to demonstrate our deep love and affection,” Ms Cox said.
“She was taken far too young and far too tragically.
“She was so full of creativity and joy.”
Ms Cox referred to a bible verse that “seeks to calm troubled hearts.”
“Let not your heart be troubled … we need to set our hearts at ease,” she read.
Amy’s mother, Pat, in a letter read out loud to the service, wished she could see her daughter’s face again.
“I wish I had some time with you to walk among the stars and hold your hand, and see your face,” she wrote.
“I’d say how I miss you so. “And then there would be that moment where I wouldn’t let you go.”
The service concluded with attendants placing flower petals around her coffin, a few last words from Ms Meek, and the curtains closing.