Ronald Wayne Lowder, age 68 of, 44775 Hwy 24/27 East, Albemarle, North Carolina 28001, passed away on December 29, 2010 at Stanly Regional Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 6 PM till 8 PM, Thursday, December 30, 2010 at Hartsell Funeral Home – Albemarle. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Friday, December 31, 2010 at Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Mr. Darrell Furr will officiate. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Born in Stanly County on February 4, 1942, he was the son of the late Homer and Mattie Lowder. Ronald was also preceded in death by his wife, Helen Maxine Morton Lowder. He was a graduate of Albemarle Senior High School and worked for Young Manufacturing. Mr. Ronald Lowder is survived by two sons; Wayne Lowder and Bobby Lowder; one daughter, Ellen Clark all of Albemarle, one brother, George Lowder of Richfield, two sisters, Ruth Efird and Shirley Lowder both of Albemarle and one grandchild