FALKLAND Parish Church will be awash with pink on Tuesday as family and friends remember a little girl who touched many lives in eight short years. Laura Moore's four-year battle with cancer ended on Monday evening when she died at home surrounded by loved ones, just weeks after she led a sponsored walk through Falkland and acted as a football mascot.

Those attending her funeral have been asked to wear something pink, her favourite colour.

"Everyone who knows Laura will know why," said her stepfather Grant Kidd.

"She was always called Little Miss Pink."

Tributes have been paid this week to a "happy wee soul" full of smiles who never complained about her illness or pain.

"Everybody's been touched by Laura - everyone's blown away by what an amazing little girl she was," said Mr Kidd.

Laura was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in August 2004 and after intensive chemotherapy and operations enjoyed some time of remission.

But then came a relapse and more treatment before a further setback last November when the family learned she had developed leukaemia as a rare side effect.

That did not stop her and her family - mum Lynne, Grant, sister Cara (12) and younger brother Ewan (2) - selling bags of reindeer dust last Christmas and raising £600 to help other sick children.

May proved a busy month as Laura met rocker Rod Stewart and helped lead a tribute to Celtic legend Tommy Burns at a match between Dundee United and Celtic at Tannadice.

Only days later she rode on a 'unicorn' ahead of about 100 walkers through Falkland Estate to raise money for children's charity CHAS.

The same week she and her family moved across the street into a house that had been specially extended with a downstairs bedroom and bathroom for Laura's use.

Mr Kidd said this allowed Laura to be treated at home, which would have been impossible in their previous house, and he thanked all the people who helped with the extension and move, especially Fife councillor David MacDiarmid.

"He's a friend of the family now, and always will be," he said.

"He had a big impact on her life in the short time he knew her."

Councillor MacDiarmid spoke feelingly of his sorrow at Laura's death, saying the Falkland community planned to continue the sponsored walk as an annual event in her memory.

"She just touched me so much to the extent that she's gone through this illness for four years and never complained and was always smiling.

"Such a happy wee soul, I'm just glad to have known her."

Mr Kidd expressed the family's appreciation for the medical support they received from the Ninewells doctors, oncology nurse and Laura's GP Dr John Banks, of Ladybank Medical Practice, who helped throughout her long illness.