Several hundred people waited patiently in line at a Daphne funeral home Tuesday to pay their last respects to Brianna Parish.
The body of the 21 year old woman was found Friday at the Daphne sewage treatment plant.
Some friends of Brianna drove hundreds of miles to attend the visitation.
One of them was Angela Eia.
Eia said, "I know Brianna and everybody. We just drove from Texas, Bridge City. They are our neighbors."
Eia said she's known Brianna for about ten years.
Eia said, "It just broke my heart. How in this world can these people be so bad, just to do what they did to her? She's just wonderful. I know she's in Heaven."
When visitation began about 5:00, the line of people wound through the funeral home lobby.
It soon led out to the parking lot, where some people waited for an hour in cold temperatures.
Greg Straughn said, "I've never seen it this big, never seen it this big."
Bruce Alexander said, "This is incredible. They're a much loved family."
When asked what she thought it would mean to the family when they saw all the people at the funeral home, Kelley Wison said, "I think its going to mean a lot."
But most people talked about Brianna.
Miranda Ross said, "I haven't seen Brianna probably since she was 14 or so. But she was just a lot of fun to be around."
Cindy Bishop said Brianna was "just bubbly, happy, always tried to take even the bad things, always tried to look at the bright side of it. She was a very happy person."
Aaron Callaway said Brianna was a very sweet person.
He said, "Its hard for something like this to happen to somebody so sweet that you know and love."
David Martin said Brianna had "been on vacations with us, over to our house a great deal. She went with my daughter on a special 16th birthday trip to New Orleans for getting her hair done. She was wonderful."
Wednesday afternoon, Brianna's family is holding a celebration of life.
It will be held at the Bay Community Church in Malbis beginning at 2:00.
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