A mum who died at just 32 after forgetting to rearrange a cancelled smear test appointment, has been described by her family as a "force of nature".
Zoey Williams was diagnosed with the cervical cancer last August and died earlier this month at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.
Her dad Paul has led the tributes to barmaid Zoey, who leaves behind 12-year-old son Mason, and urged other women to book their cervical screenings.
He said: "She had her appointment and it got cancelled for whatever reason, and she just never got round to rearranging it.
"I think it's really important for everyone to know how important it is to go to those appointments.
"It's so important to go to these appointments, it could have saved Zoey."
Paul, who is known locally for fronting the band The Skapones, added: "She was very determined and headstrong.
"She was always very independent. At 17 she knew she wanted to move from York, where we're from, to Doncaster, and there was no stopping her.
"She was a drama queen, always getting herself into trouble and then calling me to get her out of it.
"I've just been thinking about daft things she did as a kid. She definitely took after me."
"My wife and I have been reading her diaries she was writing before she died. She didn’t want us to read them while she was still here.
"Obviously a lot of is heartbreaking and hard to read but a lot of it is also really funny. She had a great sense of humour and was always really matter-of-fact about things.
"We were laughing because she ended nearly every sentence with lol."
As next month is cervical cancer screening awareness month, Mr Williams and his son, Jack, are planning a sponsored 90km walk to raise awareness of the illness that sadly took Zoey.
