Harold Ray Browder, Sr.

Mr. Harold Ray Browder, Sr., 73, of Mount Airy, passed away early Saturday morning, March 2, 2019, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.  Mr. Browder was born March 1, 1946, in Surry County, one of four sons born to the late Jessie Haymore and Eleanor Elizabeth Draughn Browder.  Harold retired as a machine fixer from Sara Lee Corporation.  He is survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, Tammy Dillon, Robin Branch, and Kim and Shane Flippen, all of Mount Airy; two sons, Harold Ray Browder, Jr. and Timmy Browder, both of Mount Airy; ten grandchildren, Chris Slate, Brandon Branch, Heather Branch, Dustin Griffith, Brittany Lawson, Bryson Moore, Courtney Browder, Kylee Browder, Brennen Browder, and Breanna Browder; eleven great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Gray and Linda Browder of Mount Airy; and a former daughter-in-law, Tiffany Moore.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Browder was preceded in death by his wife, Idell Fariss Browder; and two brothers, Paul Browder and Donald Browder.  The funeral service will be held Friday, March 8, 2019, at 2:00 PM at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy, with the Rev. Randy Edwards officiating.  Burial will follow in the Hills Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends Thursday from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the funeral home.