Christie Mattison
Christie Mattison, 57
Husband: Guil
Sons: Thomas, 26 & James, 19
Hometown: Lincolnton, GA
Christie grew up in Elberton, GA, & married her husband, Guil, & they eventually settled in Lincolnton. The couple raised 2 sons: Thomas, 26, & James, 19. She retired from her public school teaching/coaching/administrative career after 30 years of service in 2022. Later that fall, she accepted a position with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes & became an Area Representative for Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, & Wilkes counties, 4 counties that are members of the 9-county area encompassing Greater Augusta FCA.
Upon reflecting on Christie’s impact, Greater Augusta FCA Area Director Greg Wilson said, “To know Christie was to love her as she was someone who instantly made friends wherever she went. Our staff is beyond devastated this morning, but we recognize that we serve a sovereign God Whose will is perfect. As difficult as it can be sometimes, we not only accept His will, but fully embrace it. When our staff thinks of Christie, we think of 2 Timothy 4:7, ‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.’”
Wilson continued, “I was a college basketball coach for many years and first met Christie when I was starting the women’s basketball program at Middle Georgia College in Cochran in 1997 and she was coaching at Lincoln County High School, so we knew each other for many years before I eventually hired her onto our FCA staff in Augusta. I have been around very few people who could light up a room so quickly with her presence and it was never very long before she began discussing her favorite topic: what the Lord had done for her by dying on a cross to save her. The people she served through FCA were always overjoyed to see her and to spend time with her, even if it was only for a few minutes. She will be greatly missed as we all mourn losing her but celebrate that she’s now in Jesus’s arms where she always longed to be!”
Those in Christie’s FCA community were shocked as the news spread this morning that she had succumbed to her year+ battle with colon cancer.
Lincoln County HS FCA Huddle Coach Heather Huff said, “I’m so thankful that Christie is no longer in pain and I will do everything in my power to keep her spirit alive. She changed me!”
“I strive to love the kids I teach as much she did and I’ll miss her friendship until I get to see her again,” said Jefferson County MS FCA Huddle Coach, Nash Higdon.
Jefferson County FCA Character Coach Haleigh Brown reflected, “To have known you and experienced your love for the Lord will have a lasting impact on me for the rest of my life! I cried this morning when I heard the news but there’s nothing I have ever been more sure of than that you are in heaven this morning!”
There is no denying the impact Christie Mattison had on her family, her friends and peers, and those in her FCA territory. Please be in prayer for Christie’s family as they honor and celebrate Christie’s incredibly impactful life in the coming days. Pray for those whom Christie was discipling for Christ’s sake and for a plan to emerge to continue to bring others to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in spite of Christie’s absence.
What a well run race indeed! Amen!
