Marie Tonge of Estate Mt. Pleasant died on April 20. She was 77 years old.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Eliza Gumbs; brother, Stanley Hodge; and nephew, Marcel Vluan.
She is survived by her daughters: Brenda Maynard, Patricia Rogers, Kysheema Williams and Makysha Williams; sons: George M. Brooks, Ronald Williams, Shard R. Williams and Mervin Mills; and grandchildren: Ashana Williams, Lauren Brooks, Arneshia Brooks, Alyrick King, Jahtera King and Mhakeda Shillingford.
He is also survived by sisters: Suzette Vluan-Barry, Therese Romeo-Gumbs and Evelyn Gumbs; brother, Evans Gumbs; nieces: Delia Gumbs, Helen Cristina Romeo and Rosemarie Romero; nephews: Stanley Vluan, Mark Vluan, Clive Gumbs, Aphonso Gumbs, Alfred Romeo and Ernest Romeo; and great nieces: Chalmarie Vluan, Anishka Romeo and Maureen Vluan.
Other survivors include great nephews too numerous to mention; daughters-in-law: Sharon A. Williams and Debra A. Brooks; special friends: the whole congregation of Southside Pentecostal Church, also the Virgin Islands School Crossing Guards; special friends: Elsie Sandy, Monica Alexander, Ms. Durant and Montique Roberts; as well as other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.
The viewing will be held at 10 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 4, at Southside United Pentecostal Church. Interment will follow at Kingshill Cemetery.
