On Feb. 8, 2009, Christina L. "Nena" Edmunds lost her life in a vehicle accident.

Nena was born on Father's Day, June 18, 1989, in Berkeley, Calif., to Shelli Omo and Tony Edmunds. She moved to Montana with her parents and older brother, Aaron Edmunds, when she was 9 months old.

In 1992, she moved to Laurel with her mom, brother, step-dad, Mike Harper, and sister, Tana Harper. In 1994 her baby sister, Mykel Harper, was added to the family.

While attending Laurel Middle School, her family expanded to include her mom's fiance, Brian Albert, and new brothers, Cody and Caleb Albert, and her brother from another mother, Stuart Dollarhide.

In 1999, her father, Tony, added brother, Nick Edmunds, to her list of siblings.

Nena graduated from Laurel High School in 2007 where she was senior class president and head cheerleader. She was very involved at school with cheerleading, choir, sewing, Adopt-a-Grandparent, and the Stand program. Nena took dance and cheerleading for 11 years and won several competitions in both.

After graduating from LHS she attended MSU in Bozeman where she tried out and made the Bobcat cheerleading squad. During that year, Nena and fiance, Jesse Jackson, found out there would be a new addition to the family. Nena left Bozeman and returned to Laurel to have her baby. On Aug. 12, 2008, Nena gave birth to their son, Dallas Oakley Jackson.

Nena was a creative, loving and amazing young woman who positively affected everyone around her. She loved snowboarding, sewing, dancing, reading, playing Guitar Hero, and Singing Star with her brothers and sisters. One of her favorite things to do was travel. She visited Boston, New York, Phoenix, Hawaii, Jamaica and Australia. She traveled the most to see her dad, aunts, uncles, cousins and extended family in California.

Nena is survived by her family mentioned above; and also her great-grandma, Orva Hatzell; grandparents, Josephine Edmunds, Molly Omo, Dale and Loretta McDonald, and Jean Harper; uncles, Roy Omo and David, Joe, Marty, and John Edmunds; aunts, Katy and Julie Omo, Ann, Mary, Theresa, Maggie, and Joan Edmunds, Rose Bowman and Brandy McDonald; nephew, Michael Dailey; numerous cousins in California; and LeAnn Omo.

Nena was preceded in death by her grandparents, Glenda and Ron Omo, and David Edmunds.