AT MISS Grender’s funeral her uncle, Michael Brunnock, read a tribute on behalf of her parents.

It said: “We’re missing you Keet, even though you were a pain in the rear. You made us constantly laugh and cry. We love everything about you, sweetheart.

“You would have been a fantastic mum. Kelsey-May, our first granddaughter, we didn’t have the chance to spend time with you, sweetheart. Only when you were kicking the heck out of your poor mum.

“Missy, we’re missing your muddy footprints – muddy toys and hairs everywhere. We’re missing you all so much.

“They say love hurts and you’ll miss it when it’s gone. We never thought that could be true. It’s killing us that you’re gone sweetheart.

“There will never, ever be a day when we don’t think about you – we’ll never stop thinking of you.

We miss you and we love you Nikitta.”

Mr Mayes placed a tribute to Miss Grender and their child in the Argus on March 4, 2011.

It said: “My love for you runs so deep, it is hard for me to sleep. I miss you both so much and I know all our plans and hopes are now in my dreams. I never thought the Lord would take you both away from me so soon.

“Just a thought of you makes me cry, I never had a chance to say goodbye. I always smell your scent, it makes me think of all the times we’ve spent.

“So many things I never got to say Babe, the day God took you a part of me died too. But now I have to let you rest although my world’s a mess. I miss you both and will love you ’til the day I die.

Your heartbroken boyfriend Ryan XXX”