Tonja Burse, age 55, of Oceans Springs passed away on August 16, 2017.
She was born January 18, 1962 in Oak Ridge, TN to Ernest and Barbara Brice. She lived and was educated in five U.S. states and R.A.F. Alconbury, England before settling in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She worked as a paralegal and disaster assistance loan officer before marriage and motherhood. She accepted Christ and joined the fellowship of Jesus Christ Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Barbara Deshona Brice-Brown.
She is survived by her husband, Ronald Burse of Ocean Springs, her daughter Ebony Brice and her sons Philip Burse, Nathan Burse and Gabriel Burse. Her memory will be forever cherished by her parents Ernest and Barbara Brice of Upper Marlboro, MD, her brother Ernest Brice III, her nephew, Sean Brice, her grandmother Mary Sammons and soon to be grandson, Mason Burse. She will live on in the hearts of many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Visitation will be at Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-Okeefe Funeral Home on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 6pm until 8pm.
Services will be held at Jesus Christ Baptist Church on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 10a.m. followed by interment at Crestlawn Memorial Park.
Memorial gifts may be made to American Kidney Fund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Ste 300, Rockville, MD. 20852.
The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com