Vera Lowder Y

Mrs. Vera Lowder Dry, 91, formerly of East 19th Street and a resident of Moose Road passed away Friday, March 25, 2011 at the Laurels of Salisbury. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Monday, March 28, 2011, at Jackson Park United Methodist Church. Rev. Neal Brower, Rev Sam Crisp and Rev. Larry Barden will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 to 2:00 pm Monday prior to the service. Mrs. Dry was born July 14, 1919 in Stanly County. She was the daughter of the late Jimmie G. Lowder and Maggie Hatley Lowder.She was a retired employee of Cannon Mills Plant #1, where she worked in the Sheet Department with 44 years of service. She was a member of Jackson Park United Methodist Church and was a member of the Jet Set, Elmer Poole Sunday School Class, Life member of UMW, Mother of the Year, Sunday School teacher, and Youth Counselor and attended the lunch programs at the YMCA. She also loved yard work, flowers and cutting men's hair. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clegg Dry in 1966. Survivors include two sons, Ted E. Dry and wife, Marcia of Kannapolis and Felix L. Dry and wife, Brenda of San Jacinto, CA; Six grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorials, in memory of Mrs. Dry, may be sent to Jackson Park United Methodist Church, 715 Mable Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28083.