A celebration of life service was Saturday, December 1, 2012, at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Belton with the Rev. Darren Walker officiating.

Burial followed in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Nolanville.

Amy Firth, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, cousin and friend, passed away on November 26, 2012, in Temple, Texas. Amy was born in Temple, June 15, 1974, and grew up in Copperas Cove, Texas, where she attended school from kindergarten through high school. She was a varsity cheerleader and member of the National Honor Society at Copperas Cove High School. After graduation, she attended the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, and later completed a Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology at Baylor University.

Amy married her high school sweetheart, Michael Jarrod Firth, on December 30, 1994, in Copperas Cove, Texas. She was employed as a speech pathologist at Kidz Therapez in Killeen, Texas, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Belton, Texas.

She enjoyed reading, writing and editing; working with children; loved to spend time with her family; and was an avid gymnastics and baseball mom.

Survivors include her husband of 18 years, Michael Firth; her son, Matthew, 11; and her daughter, Alyssa, 8; all of Belton. She is also survived by her parents, John and Margaret Henderson, of Belton; a sister, Valarie Fratiani and her husband Tony, of Allen, Texas; father and mother-in-law, John and Jean Firth of Copperas Cove; a grandfather, David Stults, of Allen, Texas; nephew Michael Fratiani and niece, Annalisa Fratiani, of Allen; brother-in-law, Edward Firth and wife, Summer, and nieces, Kate, Molly and Addison Firth, all of Sacramento, California.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Autism Speaks or a favorite charity.