A bright, caring and loveable girl who lit up the room with her smile — just some of the heartfelt tributes paid to the tragic Kerry Moulds.

The teenage suicide victim was laid to rest yesterday following a funeral service in Hillsborough Presbyterian Church in Co Down.

The Dromore High School pupil took her own life last week. Her body was discovered by a member of the public in Hillsborough Forest Park last Thursday.

Yesterday devastated friends and family packed into the rural church to pay their last respects.

Speaking at the funeral service, Dromore High School principal John Wilkinson said staff and pupils had been left stunned by Kerry’s death.

“The school community have been numbed and deeply affected by Kerry’s passing. Kerry was a bright, top band student and loved by many both inside and outside the school. She had many friends,” he said.

Mr Thompson also read tributes from five of Kerry’s best friends.

“In Kerry’s company, there was never a dull moment. From the laughs to the cries, those memories will stay with us forever. We will always remember her as the funny, lovable, caring, trustworthy, fun-loving person she was,” he said.

“She lit up the room with her smile, and her laugh would ring in the ears of a person forever. The smallest things trigger our biggest memories, but those memories will make us smile every time we think of them, and we will always remember those big brown beautiful eyes.

“Kerry had the ability to make us all feel like we were the most important people in the world, and never failed to show us how much she loved us.

“She will always be our friend remaining in our hearts and minds and we will always be grateful for the impact she had upon our lives.”

In his address Reverend John Davey said: “Instead of pointing the finger, let us recognise that Kerry’s death is tragic, untimely and unfortunate.”

Added the minister: “Kerry had many fine qualities — a remarkable gift for friendship, intelligent, caring (both for people and for animals).

“Her life began with severe obstructions in her bowel which led to liver failure and at one stage it was thought that she would need a liver transplant. But things turned round and Kerry came through it all to be the warm human being we remember today. What are we to say?”