Tionna Jade Richardson was born on March 4, 2004 to her loving parents Crystal Nicole Robinson and Anthony Lamar Richardson. Tionna attended school in the Springfield Missouri public school system. She graduated from Parkview High School in May of 2022 where she was in orchestra and loved playing the violin. Tionna attended Ozarks Technical Community College after graduating from high school where she was pursuing her Nursing Career. Tionna’s goal was to become a Nurse Practitioner. Tionna accepted Christ as her Lord and Saviour under the leadership of Pastor Tyler Padgitt of Courageous Church. Tionna was free spirited and had a love for nature, animals and would often take impromptu walks in the woods and on nature trails. Her dream was to attend an HBCU and travel the world. Tionna loved painting, music, dancing, writing short stories, poems, reading books, going to Poetry Slams and spending time with her sisters and family. Tionna aspired to be loving and kind-hearted like her grandmother Linda Jeannine Phillips and wanted to stand her gound and speak up when needed like her aunt Tiffany Lauren Phillips. Tionna felt these were wonderful and special women in her life and was beyond grateful to be able to spend a lot of her time with them. Tionna couldn’t wait for the day she was able to repay them for all the lessons and guidance these beautiful women gave to her. Tionna made her admiration known via social media for the world to know.
Tionna was preceded in death by her maternal Grandfather Christopher D. Robinson, her maternal great grandparents Jo-Ann (Billy) Darden and Lorenzo Phillips ii. Her great grandmother Addie Richardson, three uncles Shawn Wilson, Lorenzo Phillips iii, Rodney Phillips Jr., 3 aunts Karen Phillips, Regina Phillips and Renee Phillips.
Tionna leaves to cherish her memories Her mother Crystal Nicole Robinson, her father Anthony Lamar Richardson, her stepfather Jhrvonte Minnifield, her stepmother Rhemisha Johnson, six sisters Carran Hyce Richardson, Thae’da Maree Minnifield, Isis Ahnez Minnifield, Zion Reign Minnifield, Andre’a Cawthon, Lakasha Adams, her maternal Grandmother that was true and dear to her heart Linda Jeannine Phillips (Michael Stewart), her paternal grandmother Shirlene (Richard) Hagler, a paternal grandfather Ronald Richardson, a paternal great grandmother Gladys Young and a maternal great grandmother Jabbie Welle. Her aunts Tiffany Lauren Phillips and Kayawna Renee Vera, six uncles Rodney Phillips, Wilbert Clark, Christopher Robinson Jr., Ronald Richardson Jr., Richard Hagler and Tyler Hagler, six great aunts Kathy Phillips, Lisa Phillips, Rita (Derrick) Foley, Cynthia Phillips Tiffany Phillips, Amber Phillips, Colene Piland, Debra Smith, one great uncle Steven Phillips, her dear friend Michael Miller, a host of cousins and friends that loved her dearly and her fur babies she called “her girls” – Dawn and Blair. Tionna has received her Crown of Glory and will be truly missed!