A memorial service has been scheduled for Faith Moore, a 16-year-old Mingus Union High School Student, who tragically passed away in a flash flood July 24. The memorial will be held Sunday, Aug. 8 at 2 p.m. at Verde Community Church located at 102 S. Willard St in Cottonwood.
The memorial will be open to the public, and the church will be live streaming the service from their website, verdecc.com.
Links to plant memorial trees, or send flowers or condolences to the family are included in Faith’s obituary through the Westcott Funeral Home.
To read about the search for Faith, who was recovered July 28 after an extensive search by hundreds of residents and dozens of government agencies, click here.
Faith Marie Moore
June 17, 2005 — July 24, 2021
Faith Marie Moore, 16 of Cottonwood, passed away July 24, 2021. She was born on June 17, 2005 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her parents Christopher and Katie Moore fell in love with her the moment they saw her.
Faith attended her freshman and sophomore years at Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood and was currently employed at Dairy Queen. Her plans were to attend college to become a registered nurse and to play softball. She played softball on the Mingus Union High School team and also on the Rampage travel ball team.
To know her is to love and be loved. Faith conquered all while lifting others up. She was the most beautiful girl whose smile would light up a room; impossible not to join in if she began to laugh. She cared so deeply about others around her and could move mountains with her motivation. Our world will not be the same without her.
Faith is survived by her father Christopher Moore; mother Katie Moore; grandparents Joe and Kim Moore, and David and Margie Burger; great-grandmothers Vera Martinez, Sugar Brewer and Sandra Moore; brothers Tallon, Gavin, Ethan and Holden; sister Reese; aunts and uncles Amy (Kenny), Joseph (Chaz), Craig (Katie), Cara (Jay), Stacey, Jenny (Jorge) and Mary (Jed); and many cousins and extended family as well as countless friends and teammates.
A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, at 2:00 PM at Verde Community Church, 111 S. Candy Lane in Cottonwood.
Flowers and candles line the wash where 16-year-old Faith Moore’s car was swept into raging flash flood waters on July 24. Verde Valley Fire District crews responded to a 911 call to rescue the teen, but she was swept from the vehicle. Moore was found on the afternoon of July 28 where the wash met the Verde River, approximately a mile and half away.
