Christopher Parker Brown

Christopher Parker Brown, 67 of Arlington, VA died October 9, 2026, due to complications from kidney failure. He was born on January 3, 1959, in Worchester, MA to the late Kenneth and Mary Hartwell Brown.

Early in his life, Christopher shared his father’s passion with cars, a passion which continued throughout his life. He enjoyed family events in the antique Fords his father restored including a Forty-two Woodie.

Christopher grew up in the Mission Hills section of Mt. Lebanon PA and is a 1978 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School. He took part in the German club and was an acolyte at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as a teenager. He is a 1982 graduate of Waynesburg University where he received a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration and studied Economics. He worked for contractors to the Federal Government as a paralegal including supporting the Pigford v. Glickman class action case where African American farmers sued the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. He took graduate economic courses as an adult and enjoyed following economics and current events.

Christopher is survived by his brother Peter (Margaret) of Falls Church, VA and Tim (Nancy) of Oxnard, CA, two nephews Matthew (Kristan) of Temecula CA and Travis of Vancouver, WA, and cousins James Hartwell (Laura) of Elkton, MD; Janet Barnet (Peter) of Marblehead MA; and Sarah Pennywitt of Winchester NH.