Texas homecoming queen drowns in floodwaters after prom

As a high school senior, you have the whole world ahead of you. Unfortunately the life of 18-year-old Alyssa Ramirez was cut short after an unthinkable tragedy.

What do you remember about your high school prom? Most of us have fond memories of that special evening that help cement our time in school before we head off into the world. There’s shopping for the perfect dress, getting your hair and makeup done, spending the evening with close friends and other events that make it unforgettable.

This story, however, does not have a happy ending.

Alyssa Ramirez was a high school senior at Devine High School, with her entire life ahead of her. Crowned earlier this year as homecoming queen, she was also president of the student council, a cheerleader, an athlete (played volleyball and tennis) and co-editor of her school’s yearbook committee. To say she was involved in her high school would be an understatement.

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Like others, Alyssa attended her senior prom as a way to commemorate her time at Devine High with those close to her. Unfortunately her drive home after the event would be her last and end in great tragedy.

Alyssa became a victim of recent Texas floods when floodwaters swept her car off the road. NBC News reports she had issues with her car stalling only a few miles away from her home. “She did the right things,” Alyssa’s aunt, Roberta Ramirez, points out. “She called 911. She called her father, but it was just too much and too quick.”

The Hurley Funeral Home posted Alyssa’s last social media entry before the accident in her obituary:

Faith grows through hardship. Faith does not grow in a garden of property, but in a desert of tribulation. Even though it is never pleasant to experience hardship, it teaches us to persevere and to cling to God. He will never desert us.