Christi St. John

Obituary For Christi St. John

CHRISTI LEA CHOKAS ST.JOHN Christi Lea St.John passed peacefully from this life into the arms of her loving Heavenly Father on Friday, December 4, 2020 in Nocona, TX. Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, December 8 at 10 AM at the Bible Baptist Church of Bowie with Pastor Steve Summers officiating. Burial will be at Salona Cemetery in the Salona Community. Visitation will be Monday, December 7 from 6-8 PM at White’s Funeral Home in Bowie. Christi was born June 9, 1960 to Cecil Leon “Greek” Chokas and Frances Loraine Senn Chokas at the old Bowie Hospital in Bowie, TX. On June 15, 1978 she married the love of her life, Randell St.John of Bowie. The couple raised their three children in the Bowie Schools (which Christi loved). Christi never met a stranger and had an infectious laugh that rang through the school halls and every room she occupied. In the early years of their marriage she was a homemaker and a member of the Bowie Lioness Club where she served faithfully beside her mother, Frances. As years went by she subbed at the schools at whatever grade her children were in at the time. Bowie Jackrabbit blood ran deep in Christi and in the ’97-’98 school year she became a full-time Bowie Junior High aide, working in various positions. Many a student had her in ISS where she lovingly but sternly directed them for over 20 years. It was not uncommon for former students that are now grown to stop and talk to her wherever they ran into each other and filled her in on their lives and the impact that she had on them. Christi was saved at Bible Baptist Church November 14, 1993 and baptized there shortly after. She had been a member there since 1985 and taught Sunday School for many years. Children were her life. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leon Chokas and Frances Chokas Cantrell Reaves, step-dad Foy B. Cantrell, sister-in-law Pat Hill, in-laws Raymond and Cora St.John and all of her grandparents and aunts and uncles. Family left to cherish her memory are husband Randell St.John; daughter & son-in-law Krystal & Larry Marshall; son and daughter-in-law Mark and Leigha St.John; son Chad St.John and family; sister & brother-in-law Janet & Gary Griswold and their family; brother Gerald Chokas and his family; step-brother Don Reaves and his family; step-dad Herbert Reaves; grandchildren Mason Marshall and Marleigh, Cora and Troy St.John; a host of Chokas and Senn cousins; brother-in-law & sister-in-law Dawayne & Lois St.John & family, brother-in-law David St.John & family and Pat Hill’s family. Pallbearers were Mark and Chad St.John, Larry Marshall, Gary Griswold, James Dick and Chad Summers. Honorary Pallbearers were Herbert Reaves, Wade and Jases Brown, Tony Griswold and Darrell Bell. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her name to the Bowie Junior High School Activity Fund or any fund benefiting the school. Arrangements were entrusted to the White Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.