A Celebration of Life service for Christopher Stephen Johnson, 61, will be Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 1:00PM at West Hartselle Baptist Church. Visitation will be Saturday, October 28, 2023 from 11:00AM to 1:00PM at West Hartselle Baptist Church. Peck Funeral Home assisted the family.
Mr. Johnson went to be with the Lord, on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Decatur Morgan Hospital. He was born November 21, 1961, in Morgan County. to Solomon Juadean Johnson and Martha Lee Patterson Johnson.
Chris attended Crestline Elementary and then Morgan County High School, (now Hartselle High School), where he graduated in the class of 1980. He loved sports and was an excellent basketball player in high school. He also sang in the High School Chorus. He attended Calhoun Community College, where he met his wife, Theresa Stockton, in the music department. They later married on June 30, 1984. He began working at Cerro Wire in 1983, as an Extrusion Operator until 2020.
As a young man, he enjoyed playing softball with different leagues and churches. He became an avid golfer, playing golf tournaments and 4 man scrambles, winning some along the way. When he got older, he got interested in photography, where his favorite location was Guntersville, taking pictures of the eagles. Throughout his life, he was a dedicated Alabama football fan and a Hartselle Tigers fan.
He and his wife, Theresa, were on Staff together at Blue Springs Baptist and Etha Baptist for several years as he served as Youth Pastor and her as Minister of Music. While attending Gum Springs Baptist , he served in many different ways, while his wife, Theresa, led the music. After stepping down at Etha, he and the family went back to the church where he grew up, West Hartselle Baptist. He was a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher until he passed . In the last 3 years, he continued to teach his class, through Zoom, from his home. He loved his class dearly.
He loved his wife and family with all of his heart and was a wonderful, dedicated Christian husband, father and grandfather. He loved Jesus above all else and had a heart for the lost.
Chris was preceded in death by his mother, Martha Lee Neely and his sister, Leigh Anne Johnson Craft. His step-mother, Eula Johnson, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2023.
Survivors include
Wife of 49 years – Theresa Stockton Johnson
Sons – Hunter Johnson (Abbie)
Noah Johnson
Grandchildren – Eliza Johnson and Everlee Johnson
Father – Solomon J. Johnson
Father-in-law & Mother-in-law- James and Nelda Stockton
Brother-in-law – Billy Craft
Sister-in-law and Brother-in law-
Julie and Jason Nelms
In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorial donations be made to The Gideon’s International.
Peck Funeral Home
