Christinna Ann Popec, 51, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024, in Louisville, Mississippi. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 9 in the Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Taylor Yarbrough and Reverend Becky Smith officiating. Visitation will be the day of the service from 9:30 a.m. until service time at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville. Interment will immediately follow the service in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.
Christi was born October 3, 1972, to Carl Noel and Peggy Ann Crummy Stokes in Louisville. She was a member of Vernon Church. Christi enjoyed watching Ole Miss football and wrestling. She also enjoyed arts and crafts especially scrapbooking and journaling. Christi dearly loved her family and friends and enjoyed spending time with them. She also deeply loved the children that she had the pleasure of babysitting.
Christi is survived by her children: Adam Carl Popec, Morgan Ann Popec (Kelcey), and Jasmine Leigh Popec (Matthew). She also leaves behind her father, Carl Noel Stokes; her sister, Carla Holdiness (Joey); nephews, Drew Holdiness (Sydney) and Trevor Holdiness; niece, Madison Womble (Dalton); and great-niece and great-nephews, Annistyn and Jett Womble, and Boden Holdiness. She is also survived by her loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Christi is preceded in death by her mother, Peggy Ann Stokes; and her brother, Carvel Ray Stokes.
Serving as pallbearers are Drew Holdiness, Trevor Holdiness, Coty Stokes, Jeff Rogers, Joseph Boatner, and Jay Stokes. Honorary pallbearers are Mica Stokes and Marty Bennett. Memorials in honor of Christi may be given to Shriners Hospital for Children online at www.shrinerschildrens.org or by mail at Shriners Children’s, P. O. Box 947765, Atlanta, GA 30394.
Services are under the direction of Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by signing the guest register at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.
