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A nine-year-old girl shot dead by transgender killer Audrey Hill is remembered as a “beacon of light” during her pink and green funeral on Friday.
The memorial to Evelyn Dickhouse was the first of the six victims of Hill’s fatal attack at Covenant School in Nashville.
It comes after it is revealed that Evelyn was shot while heroically trying to pull the fire alarm in an attempt to thwart Hale’s mission.
Mourners are depicted arriving at the little girl’s funeral dressed in pink and green to pay tribute to the “light and love of color” while children hold stuffed animals.
Pastor Clay Stauffer told them, “Evelyn could have been anything. But she chose to be a beacon of light and hope and love and joy to those around her. She was an amazing girl.”
Evelyn Dieckhaus was remembered as a “beacon of light” during her pink and green funeral on Friday
Mourners wore pink and green in honor of Evelyn’s “light and love of color”.
Others brought stuffed animals to the service at Woodmount Christian Church – less than three miles from the site of the attack.
A photograph of Evelyn wearing a bright pink headband was used in service programs while an obituary described her as “strong but never critical”, adding that she had “poise beyond the years”.
“This girl could read a room,” the obituary read.
It was obvious to everyone who knew her that Evelyn Dieckhaus knew who she was.
She understood where she could fit in any given scene and always where she was needed.
The statement also praised her “infectious laughter” and “angelic” voice, which she used to sing with Taylor Swift.
Services were held at Woodmount Christian Church – less than three miles from the site of the attack.
Evelyn was shot alongside her schoolmates Haley Scruggs and William Kenny, all of whom were nine years old.
Also killed in the attack were principal Kathryn Concey, 60, substitute teacher Cynthia Beck, 61, and school guard Mike Hill, 61.
Hallie and Peak services are expected to take place on Saturday.
Evelyn has been described as a “hero” in the aftermath of the attack after it was revealed that she was trying to pull the fire alarm to save her classmates from Hill’s attack when she was shot.
An obituary for Evelyn described her as “strong but never insistent”, adding that she “has formed over the years”. She added that she had an “infectious laugh” and an “angelic” voice.
A photograph of Evelyn with her family is also included in the service booklet
Her aunt Kelly Dorrance said she believed Evelyn had been babysitting a group of children in what she thought was a fire drill.
“We discovered that the shooter may have pulled the fire alarm to get the kids out of the classroom,” Dorrance said in a private Instagram post.
Evelyn was one of the class leaders at the front of the line assuming a fire drill.
She was trying to lead her classmates to safety and might not have heard a scream to get back into the room. Things kids should never worry about.
Questions remain about what obsessed Hill — who was born a woman but lived as a man — for her former school teacher’s shooting.
She came armed with two rifles and a pistol and seemed to have planned the attack in detail.
She was shot dead at the scene by law enforcement officials.
Understandably, she was at odds with her devout Christian parents because they “couldn’t accept” that she was gay and transgender.
Church coordinator Norma, 61, and her husband, Ronald, 64, refused to allow Hale — who had recently adopted the name Aiden and used the pronouns — to dress as a man in their home.
The memorial to Evelyn Dieckhaus was the first of the six victims of Hill’s murderous rampage
Hallie Scruggs and Cynthia Peak are expected to be served on Saturday
Evelyn has been described as a “hero” in the aftermath of the attack after it was revealed that she was trying to pull the fire alarm to save her classmates from Hill’s attack when she was shot.
Questions remain about what possessed Hill — who was born a woman but lived as a man — to shoot her former school teacher
Instead, the reclusive 28-year-old was waiting until she left her $700,000 Nashville property to change her clothes, a well-placed source told WhatsNew2Day.com.
On Thursday it was reported that a chilling 911 call was made by Hill’s friend at the time of the shooting.
Avrianna Patton received several disturbing messages from Audrey Hill, 28, on Instagram shortly before she started spraying bullets inside Covenant School.
Hale sent the messages at 9.57am and killed her victims by 10.10am.
After receiving a specific message from Hale that said, “I plan to die today—you might hear about me on the news,” Patton called a suicide hotline, which then encouraged her to contact the authorities to alert them to the situation. .
It shot and killed three students, 9, and three staff members at 10:10 am
On her 911 call around 10:12 a.m. — when armed officers had already arrived on the scene — she said, “I’m just trying to see if anyone can help. I just don’t want it on my conscience.
”If someone could go check her out – the only thing I have is her Instagram. Can I give you her Instagram so you can find her or track her down this way?
Separate 911 calls made from inside the school could hear a teacher inside the classroom saying, “We think we hear gunshots.”
Weeping students can be heard over the sound of roaring fire alarms and gunshots in the distance, while one child adds, “I want to go home.”
Mourners wear pink bows in honor of the nine-year-old murdered by transgender shooter Audrey Hill