 A grieving mother has issued a heartbreaking plea for mourners to 'line the streets' for her baby's Cinderella-themed funeral. Rachel Devall, 24, from Aylesford, a village in Kent, says her family was torn in two when Olive Susan Devall died on July 1. The little one had been born about eight weeks premature at Tunbridge Wells Hospital on April 24 and suffered a cardiac arrest. 'Olive was an only child and she was also the first grandchild for my mum and dad,' said Rachel. Rachel says she wants the some 5,000 people who live in Aylesford and beyond to come together and give her child the send-off she deserves. 'It's important for us to give her the best send-off,' she said. 'There will be no expense spared.' Rachel said her late baby was a 'ray of sunshine (Picture: Rachel Devall / SWNS) Olive tragically died from cardiac arrest (Picture: Rachel Devall / SWNS) 'We're appealing for people to help us give Olive away. If people have free time we'd love for them to come out and wave her off. 'It would be extra special if people could dress up as characters too – like Mickey Mouse or princesses. 'We want Olive to be celebrated for being the loving baby she was.' For the first five weeks of her life, Olive called the neonatal intensive care unit her home. But not long after finally being brought to her real home in the Coldharbour caravan site with Rachel, the mother woke up to find the tiny tot unresponsive. 'I was performing CPR on Olive while we waited for the paramedics to arrive,' she said. The mum is asking mourners to dress up as fairytale and cartoon favourites (Picture: SWNS) 'They worked on her for six hours but unfortunately, we had to make the decision to stop Olive's life support. 'There was nothing they could do for her and she couldn't breathe on her own. She was brain-dead. 'I was with Olive every day while she was in hospital, spending as many hours as possible with){kind=link}
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A grieving mother has issued a heartbreaking plea for mourners to ‘line the streets’ for her baby’s Cinderella-themed funeral.
Rachel Devall, 24, from Aylesford, a village in Kent, says her family was torn in two when Olive Susan Devall died on July 1.
The little one had been born about eight weeks premature at Tunbridge Wells Hospital on April 24 and suffered a cardiac arrest.
‘Olive was an only child and she was also the first grandchild for my mum and dad,’ said Rachel.