HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) – A father is mourning the loss of his 7-year-old daughter, Piper, after she was drowned by her mother a month ago.

According to police, Brandi Elliott admitted to killing her in Drakes Creek on a grass verge in Hendersonville.

Now her father, Jon Elliott, who stayed home to raise Piper, hopes her memory lives on.

“I’m proud of the little girl I raised. I’m just sad that she’s gone. I miss her,” he told us.

He said she was a huge fan of music, fishing, dancing, Disney princesses and anything Gordon Ramsey related. She was also very loving and affectionate and even won the “best hug award” at school.

“She was only 7, but she brightened so many people’s days and touched so many people’s lives,” he said.

A memorial to Piper near Sanders Ferry Road, where she disappeared, has grown larger every day since her death. Soon, community members hope to erect a bench and plaque in her honor and name the nearby walkway “Piper’s Pathway.”

Her father says Piper’s funeral will be this Saturday.

Her mother, Brandi Elliott, remains in prison and is accused of first-degree murder.

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