Ashlea Brooke Boyter, 17, of Atlanta died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in Texarkana, Texas.

Ashlea was born April 12, 1992, in Atlanta. She was a senior at McLeod High School.

Survivors include her parents, Paul and Donna Boyter of Atlanta; her grandparents, Glenn and Pat Boyter of McLeod, Texas, and Richard and Becky Williams of Bivins, Texas; two special cousins, Bekah Williams and Seth Williams of Atlanta; and a number of other relatives.

Services will be 1 p.m. today at McLeod Tabernacle Church, McLeod, with the Revs. J.P. Story, Perry Hart.

The crash happened this weekend on Cass County
Road 4559. Witnesses say Lauren Bylerly and Ashlea Boyter were riding
a four-wheeler when it collided with a tractor-trailer. Both girls
were thrown from the vehicle and critically injured. Now classmates
of the girls are taking collections to help the families during this
crisis. Friends of the injured girls also created a Facebook page and
decorated their lockers with pictures and well wishes.

Boyter is in ICU at St. Michael's Hospital in Texarkana. Bylerly is
being treated at LSU Hospital in Shreveport. Both suffered head
injuries during the crash. Ashlea died October 8, 2009 in Texarkana
Texas, after being in a coma for 12 days. Ashlea will be missed by
everyone, friends and especially family.