Judith McMullan death: Minister says Harley Davidson biker and corporate high-flier had 'put her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ...and we've no doubt her soul is in heaven'

The 35-year-old corporate high-flier from the Markethill area of Armagh had long wanted a motorbike. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

Ahead of her funeral on Friday, Free Presbyterian minister Rev Paul Fitzsimons told the News Letter: “It's been just a dreadful time for the whole family, as you can imagine I'm sure. The congregation here at Mullaghglass as well as the entire local community are just really shocked by the tragedy. The family are just totally devastated at the death of their daughter, and sister as well.”

But he added that from a young age she had “put her faith and her trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as her very own and personal saviour, and we've no doubt her soul is now with the Lord in heaven itself”.

He concluded: "But our thoughts and prayers are certainly with the family at this very, very difficult time and we trust that the God of all comfort will give them great strength and his all-sufficient grace amid all their tears and their sorrows.”

One of those speaking at her funeral is expected to be brother-in-law Simon Anderson, another Free Presbyterian minister based at Aughnacloy.

There will be a family service in the home before mourners arrive at Mullaghglass Free Presbyterian Church for a service at 2pm, with private family burial afterwards at Kingsmill Presbyterian Churchyard.

Miss McMullan had worked for Abbott Laboratories for about the last 12 years, a massive American multinational firm which sells pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. It is headquartered in north Chicago.

Her LinkedIn account lists her last position as being director of program management with the corporation. The News Letter was told by someone close to the family that she had taken possession of a Harley Davidson not long before she crashed while riding it on Monday.