Billy Harold "Bill" Brown

Billy Harold "Bill" Brown, 86, of Morehead City, went to be with our Lord on May 14, 2021.

A private service will be held at a later date.

He was born November 9, 1934 to Effie and Jarvis Brown in Micro, N.C., and was married to the love of his life, Elizabeth "Lib" Brown, for 65 years. Bill will be remembered for his quiet and loving personality.

Bill loved the water and the sun and spent 22 years living on Lake Murray in Chapin, S.C. before retiring to Morehead City in 1992. The ACC was his passion, and he watched every football and basketball game possible.

Bill graduated from Micro High School in 1953 and from N.C. State University in 1957. While attending State, he served as senator to the student government, was a member of the Air Force Drill Team and a member of Kappa Phi Kappa. After graduation, Bill served in the U.S. Army. He and Lib spent two years in Heidelberg, Germany where Bill worked in the Office of the Commander in Chief of SUAR Europe.

Bill was employed by South Eastern Underwriters and its successor companies as a Senior Engineer and retired from the company after 36 years. Bill was owner of the Dutch Fork Land Company, a real estate development company in S.C. He served as the S.C. state leader of the Order of the Blue Goose. He held leadership roles in civic and church organizations in S.C. and was an active member of the First Methodist Church in Morehead City.

Surviving are his son, Terry Brown and wife Cher of Morehead City and daughter Kim Mercer and husband Bobby of Morehead City.

Bill was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth Taylor Brown; his parents; brother, Moses Brown; and sister, Edna Price.

Memorials may be made to the Iredell Brown exhibits at the N.C. Tobacco Farm Life Museum, P.O. Box 88, Kenly, N.C. 27542 or the Crystal Coast Hospice House, P.O. Box 640 Newport, N.C. 28570.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home & Crematory in Morehead City, NC.