Kristi Ann Goodwin was born on Feb. 11, 1979 in Lake Charles, La. to Willard Goodwin and Bernadette (Leget) Goodwin. She departed this world to take her place in heaven after a  brief bout with illness on Jan. 24 2024. 

She is preceded in death by her father, Willard Goodwin, and beloved sister, Ebony Ann Bellard. She is survived by and left to mourn her uplifting presence her beloved son, Jarvis Gray; mother, Bernadette Landry; step-father Gerald Landry; brothers, Gerald II and Vincent Landry, and nephews; Brandon Victorian and Marcus Fontenot. We would also like to recognize extended family members, Carl Sonnier of Lake Charles, and Jarvis Brown of Ariz., as well as, other family members and many, many friends.

Kristi is a graduate of Barbe High School in Lake Charles. She worked as a personal caretaker for many years. Her last employment was with C.A.R.C. of Lake Charles. We know that whomever she was able to touch with her kindness are glad to have known her, and will miss her. 

Her smile would light up a room, or better your day. Her laughter was contagious. She loved to laugh and share her joy with everyone. Taking time to be personable with her clients and making sure they knew they mattered was very important to her. She had a way of making people laugh with her zaney sense of humor. Bubbly, sweet, kind, and loving are all so true of her personality. To know her was to lover her. 

She would call her mother every morning to say something funny and sweet. Those calls will surely be missed. Her pride and joy, and her biggest accomplishemt in life is in raising a ver fine young man. Jarvis is the biggest part of Kristi’s legacy. In a brief moment of consciouness in the ICU, she opened her eyes, and sighed “ohh my baby”. Seeing him by her side brought a smile to her face.

Even in her death, Kristi is still touching others with her kindness. Being an organ donor, she is giving others a second chance at living and loving. Her choice to leave gifts to others only completes her legacy. We’re very proud of her for her gifts to others. We are all proud to call her mother, daughter, sister and auntee.

John 15: 12-13 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20  19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.