Class of 1918

Birth: 1897
Death: 1982

Parents
William Joseph Cline (1875–1967)
Dovie Ellen Lentz Cline (1876–1939)

Spouse:
Leander Maylon Lowder (1906–1967)

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The Concord Times (Concord, NC), 26 Mar 1923, p. 2.

Lowder-Cline
A wedding of much interest was solemnized here Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock when Miss Mary Cline became the bride of Mr. L. Maylon Lowder. The ceremony was performed at the parsonage of St. Andrews Lutheran church by the pastor, Rev. M. L. Kester, the ring ceremony of the Lutheran Church being used. Only a few relatives and friends were present.

The bride wore a coatsuit of midnight blue with accessories to match, and carried a bouquet of carnations and snapdragons.

After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lowder left for Hold Hill, where they will spend several days. They will be at home with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Honeycutt on East Depot street until their new home on the Kannapolis road is completed.

Mrs. Lowder is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cline, of Gold Hill. She is a graduate of Mont Amoena Seminary, and had made her home here for several months.

The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Lowder, of this city, and is recognized as a young man of promise in the business world.

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State (Columbia, SC), January 25, 1982

Retired Teacher, Mrs. Lowder Dies

BAMBERG – Mrs. Mary Cline Lowder, 84, widow of L. M. Lowder Sr., died Sunday at Bamberg County Nursing Center after a short illness.

Born in Cabarrus County N. C. she was a daughter of the late William J and Dovie Lentz Cline. She attended Mont Amoena Seminary at Mount Pleasant N. C., and Greensboro Women’s College at Greensboro, N. C. She was a retired teacher.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Louise Biegel of Gold Hill N. C., Mrs. Geraldine Blackmon of Charleston and Mrs. Doris Folk of Bamberg; a son, L. M. Lowder Jr. of Virginia Beach Va.; a brother Victor Cline of Sanford, N. C.; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. today at Cooner Funeral Home, with burial in Live Oak Memorial Gardens, Charleston.