A 29-year-old Alabama woman died after being attacked by fire ants, a day after her mother died.

A joint funeral was held Thursday in Selma for Kalyn Rolan and her mother, Roberta Lynn Duke, 53, both of Prattville.

Kalyn's mother-in-law, Sheila Rolan, said Kalyn was in Selma with her husband, Brandon, on May 20 preparing for her mother's viewing the following day when fire ants from a hay bale bit her. Kalyn had an allergic reaction to them and died.

"Brandon said she was standing there with a stick talking on the phone," Sheila Rolan said. "She was just beating the hay with the stick, Brandon said, and it stirred up the ants. She ran off the hay stack, and they tried to get her clothes off to get the ants off her."

Kalyn was treated by emergency personnel during the 25-mile journey to the nearest hospital.

"She had multiple bites around both ankles," Coroner Alan Dailey said. "Those red ants are a problem all over the South. They're mean, and by the time you know you've been bit once they are all over you."

It appears her airway closed from anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction to the bites, he said.

Sheila Rolan said Kalyn had severe allergies to insects, shellfish and peanuts

"She left behind two kids, 7 and 9, and a husband to care for them without a mom," Sheila wrote on a GoFundMe fundraising page. "It's hard to put two people away a few days a part. If anyone can help the family, it would be a blessing and helpful."

More than $2,300 was raised as of late Friday morning.

Kalyn's mother died following a battle with lung disease.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015 combined in Alabama there were three deaths by yellow jackets or bees and one death by snake says the Alabama Department of Public Health.

According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 90 to 100 people die annually in the United States from insect bites.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.