The cultural hall at Jerome's LDS stake center overflowed Tuesday during the funeral for College of Southern Idaho cheerleader Sean K. Carey, 19.

Police suspect the graduate of Jerome High School fell asleep at the wheel on Oct. 21, causing him to overturn a Jeep Wrangler along Interstate 84 in Jerome. The belted Carey died at the scene as a result of his injuries, according to Idaho State Police.

The funeral was filled with faith and flowers and attended by hundreds.

There, Carey's mother, Laurie Brown Carey, asked mourners to "pay it forward" in honor of her son.

"Do something for somebody," she said. "I want you to know that Sean loved all of you."

His fellow cheerleaders attended the funeral as a team, clad in their College of Southern Idaho jackets. Carey was a freshman at CSI and it was his first year on the team, which is slated today to have its first practice since Carey's death last week, according to CSI Dean of Students Graydon Stanley.

Before the funeral service the cheerleaders and their advisor, Julie Wright-Leggett, gathered at CSI's gymnasium for a moment of solidarity and to remember Carey. Wright-Leggett told team members to be strong.

"I think Sean was an example of showing you what each one of you means to each one of us," she said.

A routine in Carey's honor will be shared at an upcoming sporting event, said Stanley.

"They'll use cheer as therapy to get through this," said Stanley. "They're going to be that much better, as a way to honor Sean."

Counseling through the college continues to be available for students struggling with Carey's death, he said, estimating that 400 people attended Tuesday's funeral. "We're pretty confident they (students) are going to work through this in a healthy way."

According to Carey's mom, her heavenly father picked up her son, and then the crash happened. "Sean wasn't killed in a wreck," she said.

Aside from cheer, Carey was also an assistant organist for the church and a talented singer and viola player. He also ran cross-country in high school where he worked to beat his personal bests, according to family and church officials speaking at the funeral.

For him, the race was about "improving his time, every time, not about winning," said Carey's uncle, Mark Brown. "He was trying to finish the race."