Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Lowder Smith, age 94, of 44211 Vickers Store Road, Albemarle, NC, passed away on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at her home.  Her funeral will be at 11 AM on Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at Stony Hill United Methodist Church and her family will receive friends from 10 AM to 11 AM just prior to the hour of service also at Stony Hill United Methodist Church.  Rev. Lanny Lancaster will officiate and burial will be in Stony Hill United Methodist Church's Cemetery. 

Born April 8th, 1917 in Stanly County, NC, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late William Henry and Ada Colleen Smith Lowder and was a graduate of Albemarle High School and Morgan Business School.  She was a homemaker and member of Stony Hill United Methodist Church in Albemarle, NC. 

Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, Harold D. Smith; four brothers: Clyde Lowder, Craven Lowder, Bruce Lowder, and Harry Lowder; and one sister, Bertha Lowder Wondolowski.  She is survived by four sons: H. Dwight Smith, Jr. of Durham, NC, W. Stephen Smith and wife Jean of Wilson, NC, David R. Smith and wife Marsha of Jacksonville, AL, and Jeffrey D. Smith and wife Brinn of Albemarle, NC; one daughter, E. Ann Smith of Raleigh, NC; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.