They say she always made them laugh and they can't believe she's gone. Those friends are talking about 12 year old Courtney Gross. Tennessee hospital officials tell us she passed away Thursday morning, two days after an accident on an off-road motorcycle.

No matter who we spoke with, they all said the same thing. 12 year old Courtney Gross had this natural ability to make anyone smile. Now her friends and entire community is in mourning.

She was just 12 years old and taken from the world so unexpectedly. Now her friends remember the girl that always had a smile to spare.

"If she seen that you was like sad, then she would always try to make you smile, make you feel better," said Tiffany Little.

"She always made people laugh all the time and she was really energetic," said Courtney Creech.

Monday night, Courtney Gross was riding an off-road motorcycle near the intersection on Highway 550 in Hazard. Police say her bike collided with a car. She was later air-lifted to a hospital in Tennessee.

"Just a student that always had a smile. When you couldn't put one on, she would put one on for you," said Pastor Mike Smith.

But spreading smiles wasn't Courtney's only talent.

"She plays the guitar, and every time I see a guitar, I'll probably think of her. She was really good at it," said Valerie Eversole.

"She was telling me how much she had learned about the guitar and a particular song that she had learned to play, Stairway to Heaven," Smith said.

Courtney was a student at Dennis Wooten Elementary in Hazard. Her friends say she will be dearly missed.

The family has not made funeral arrangements at this time.