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S. Ray Lowder Obit

S. Ray Lowder

S. Ray Lowder, 87, of 213 East Rhodes St., Lincolnton, died Saturday, March 
6, 1993, in Lincoln County Hospital.  His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at 
the First United Methodist Church in Lincolnton with the Rev. Harold 
Leatherman and the Rev. Joe Melton officiating.  Burial will follow in 
Hollybrook Cemetery in Lincolnton. 
Mr. Lowder, a native of Stanly County, was the son of the late A.A. and 
Martha Barrier Lowder.  He was a retired superintendent of the Lincolnton City 
Schools.  He was a graduate of UNC0Chapel Hill where he also received his 
master’s degree.  He was a member of the UNC Marching Band.  He organized 
the first Lincolnton High School Marching Band and also served as band 
director for a number of years.  He was a member of the Lincolnton Rotary 
Club, the Advisory Board South Catawba Valley of Citizens Savings Bank 
SSB, Inc., the Lincolnton/Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce, Lincolnton 
Masons, and Lincolnton County Shriners.  He was a lifelong educator.
Survivors are his wife, Wilma Troiano Lowder of the home; two sisters, Mrs. 
Sudie Boaz of Albemarle and Mrs. Essie Bell of Salisbury; and a stepson, Mike 
Troiano, Jr., of Charlotte.
Memorials may be made to the S. Ray Lowder Scholarship Fund, c/o 
Lincolnton/Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce, 101 East Main St., 
Lincolnton, NC 28092