(Mount Ayr, Iowa) – A funeral service for one of the two Southwestern Community College (SWCC) students who died as the result of a crash during the late night hours of July 21st, will be held this weekend. The funeral for 19-year-old Halsie Barnes, of Tingley, will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, July 29th, in the gymnasium at the Mount Ayr High School. Visitation at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr, is on Friday, from Noon-until-8-p.m. Arrangements for 19-year-old Ella Jo Leonard, of Winterset, have yet to be announced. Four other people were injured in the crash.

The two young adults received fatal injuries when the car they were in was struck by a pickup truck on Highway 34, east of Afton. Halsie Barnes died at the scene. Ella Jo Leonard died Sunday, at a hospital in Des Moines. Both were athletes at SWCC. Barnes was a softball player. Leonard was a member of the college’ Dance Team and was set to return as the Team Captain, this Fall.

A candlelight service/vigil for the two women was held Tuesday, at the SWCC softball field.