Christopher Stewart Moorehead
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. – Christopher Stewart Moorehead, 60, died suddenly in his home on June 29, 2024.
He was born on October 18, 1963, in Ridgewood, New Jersey to Joan S. and Robert M. Moorehead. He grew up in South Paris and Waterville, attended schools in those cities, spent a freshman year at Babson (Massachusetts) College, and graduated with honors from the University of Maine at Orono in 1986. He graduated from California Western University Law School in 1989.
Chris grew up hunting and fishing in Maine. In January of his freshman year of college, he completed a 30-day Outward Bound course in the Mahousuc Mountains. He remembered the experience fondly, saying it was one of the best things he ever did. Whenever possible, he was up for fishing trips in the Rangeley Lakes area. He was a huge music fan, collecting concert posters and regularly attending concerts in the Eastern United States until a week before his death.
He practiced in Fayetteville as a public defender beginning in 1990, later as a prosecutor in the Nicholas County District Attorney’s Office, then went into private practice with Garrett and Garrett before opening his own practice. While in law school, he interned with the federal prosecutor’s office in San Diego, California. He was a member of the California, West Virginia, and North Carolina Bar Associations and was admitted to practice in federal court. At the time of his death, he was chairman of the Fayette County Civil Service Commission and chairman of the 12th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Corporation. He was appointed by the court as Guardian Ad Litum (representing the legal interests of minors) of Fayette County Court Operations.
In June 1994, he married Catherine Modek of Cleveland, Ohio. The marriage ended in divorce in 2023.
Chris leaves behind his parents of Paris Hill, a sister, Kathryn of Cayce, SC, a brother and sister-in-law, Timothy and Kavita of Savannah, Georgia, his nephews Liam and Max and his niece Sophia, all of Savannah, Georgia, and his dog Floey.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in Fayetteville, West Virginia.
Arrangements are by Chandler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris. Online condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.chandlerfunerals.com.
Donation contribution
in Chris’ memory of the
New River Humane Society (nrhswv.com) or
The West Virginia Child Advocacy Network
(wvcan.org)
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