Kelly Jones went into labour at the graveside of her fiance killed in a car crash
A heartbroken mother gave birth just five hours after the funeral of her baby's father.
Grieving Kelly Jones, 26, went into labour at the graveside of her fiance killed in a car crash just days earlier.
Miss Jones was eight months pregnant when her childhood sweetheart Ricky Norman, 27, died in the country road accident.
She was determined to go to his funeral - but her midwife insisted on being at her side.
Miss Jones managed to get through the service but strong labour pains began as she knelt to lay roses on Mr Norman's grave.
She was rushed to hospital from the cemetery - and gave birth to baby Ava five hours later.
Miss Jones said: 'It was a tragic day - we said goodbye to Ricky on the same day that Ava said hello to the world.
'Giving birth should have been one of the happiest days of our lives together and Ricky would have been at my side.
'My family and friends are saying Ava is Ricky's parting gift to me and that's the way I will always think of her.'
Mr Norman, a railway maintenance engineer, was on his way to work when his car was in a head-on crash with a lorry on an icy mountain road.
He had chosen his unborn baby girl's name just the day before - Ava Rikki Leigh Norman-Jones.
Miss Jones said: 'When I heard the news I was crying all day - it didn't feel real to me.
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