Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJames Lewis “Lew” Lowder 
Birth6 Apr 1941, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Death5 Jan 2023
FatherWoodrow Wilson Lowder (1914-2005)
MotherSadie Virginia Easley (1916-1987)
Spouses
Marriageabt 1967
ChildrenJoLynn
Jerry Lane
Notes for James Lewis “Lew” Lowder
James Lewis “Lew” Lowder
James Lewis “Lew” Lowder was born April 6, 1941, in Albemarle, NC to Woodrow Wilson Lowder and Sadie Virginia Easley Lowder.
Lewis attended Central Elementary School and graduated from Albemarle Senior High School in 1959. He was a proud Eagle Scout. He attended Wingate College and graduated in 1961. He continued his education at North Carolina State University, graduating from the School of Textiles in 1966. He served in the North Carolina Army National Guard from 1966 to 1972. He also started his career with Celanese in 1966 and worked there until he retired in 1999. He was an avid woodworker who built everything from dollhouses for his granddaughters to furniture for his homes. He was a member of the Hornets Nest Region Antique Auto Club and the proud original owner of a 1967 Pontiac GTO. He loved the NC mountains and the home and community that he and wife JoAnne retired to and held many family vacations and gatherings.
Lewis was preceded in death by his parents and extended family Crendell Herrin and Judy Herrin.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, JoAnne Herrin Lowder; daughter, JoLynn Lowder Ensminger and husband Ronnie Ensminger of Charlotte, NC.; son, Jerry Lane Lowder, MD and wife Chiara Ghetti, MD of St. Louis, MO.; and six wonderful grandchildren that he adored and that all called him “Gramps”: Haleigh Ensminger, Braiden Ensminger, Kailyn Lowder, Ashley Lowder, Emily Lowder, and Emilio Lowder; brother-in-law Ronnie Herrin; sister-in-law Sue Herrin; sister-in-law Shirley Herrin and husband Terry Swanner; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland is serving the Lowder family.
James Lewis “Lew” Lowder was born April 6, 1941, in Albemarle, NC to Woodrow Wilson Lowder and Sadie Virginia Easley Lowder.
Lewis attended Central Elementary School and graduated from Albemarle Senior High School in 1959. He was a proud Eagle Scout. He attended Wingate College and graduated in 1961. He continued his education at North Carolina State University, graduating from the School of Textiles in 1966. He served in the North Carolina Army National Guard from 1966 to 1972. He also started his career with Celanese in 1966 and worked there until he retired in 1999. He was an avid woodworker who built everything from dollhouses for his granddaughters to furniture for his homes. He was a member of the Hornets Nest Region Antique Auto Club and the proud original owner of a 1967 Pontiac GTO. He loved the NC mountains and the home and community that he and wife JoAnne retired to and held many family vacations and gatherings.
Lewis was preceded in death by his parents and extended family Crendell Herrin and Judy Herrin.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, JoAnne Herrin Lowder; daughter, JoLynn Lowder Ensminger and husband Ronnie Ensminger of Charlotte, NC.; son, Jerry Lane Lowder, MD and wife Chiara Ghetti, MD of St. Louis, MO.; and six wonderful grandchildren that he adored and that all called him “Gramps”: Haleigh Ensminger, Braiden Ensminger, Kailyn Lowder, Ashley Lowder, Emily Lowder, and Emilio Lowder; brother-in-law Ronnie Herrin; sister-in-law Sue Herrin; sister-in-law Shirley Herrin and husband Terry Swanner; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland is serving the Lowder family.