Tolona Michelle Hunt

Tolona Michelle Hunt was born on November 7, 1974, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She was a beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt, and friend. 

Tolona attended Horry County schools, where she participated in the career center program, which sparked her passion for caring for people. She volunteered as a candy stripper at Grand Strand General Hospital. After graduation, she attended Horry Georgetown Technical College, enrolling in their pre-nursing classes. Her battle with sickle cell anemia caused her to withdraw from the program. She started working as a cake decorator for Food Lion. During her time there, she also worked as the assistant deli manager. Tolona left Food Lion and began working at Crown Reef Resorts with their kitchen staff. She continued to work with them until her health began to fail. 

Tolona joined Sandy Grove Missionary Baptist Church at an early age, where she was very active in Sunday School, and she sang on the Sunbeam Choir. She enjoyed sharing her love and talent for art by working with Vacation Bible school and was a member of the Young Women’s Auxiliary. She departed this life after battling liver failure on Friday, February 13, 2026, at MUSC in Charleston, South Carolina. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Woller Mae Hunt, and her oldest sister, Melonie Hunter. 

Those left to cherish her memory are her son Jakari Breyon Hunt; sister, Tawanna April Hunt, both of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; her brother, Gerald Edward (Stacy) Hunt of Columbia, South Carolina; her brother-in-law, Deacon Christopher Hunter of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; her aunts, Olivia (Franklin) Bromell  of Plantersville, South Carolina, Tommie Lane Vandross of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Helen Asbury of Trenton, New Jersey; her uncle, Joe Vandross of Loris South Carolina; her godmother, Annie B Futrell of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; special friends, Kelly (George) Edwards , Alfred Bellamy, Corry Woods, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Tolona was undoubtedly a warrior, a woman of true strength.

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