Exhibit 99.1

May 30, 2018

Dear Shareholder:

There are some very important developments underway in your company. If you attended our Shareholders’ Meeting on May 8, you heard about them in considerable detail. If you were not able to attend, we want to briefly highlight those changes.

Your company reported total assets of $601 million at March 31, 2018, compared to $576 million on December 31, 2017. This represents a new milestone for our company and a 4.3% growth year-to-date (17.4% annualized). This is the best growth period we have experienced since the 2007-2008 crisis. In addition, this growth is being accomplished with excellent asset quality.

Your management is being thoughtful, careful and opportunistic in growing your company. To that end, we must make some strategically vital investments in technology, new markets and expansion of product lines in order for Uwharrie Capital Corp to remain relevant and preserve our competitiveness in the markets we serve. It is not our desire to get bigger just for the sake of getting bigger. We desire to be no larger than we need to be to cover the cost of doing business, while providing our stakeholders fair returns. Management began the growth initiative approximately 2 years ago, in what appeared to be a favorable economic environment that would continue for the next few years. This year is a pivotal point to accelerate growth not only in 2018 but for years to come.

A major and expensive initiative to support and create the needed growth involves converting our “core bank processing system” to a new platform that will allow us to considerably improve the customer and associate experience in our delivery of financial services.  We have been on the same core processing system for the past 15 years. The new core system will go live on August 13 of this year.

Additionally, in the first quarter, a new team of Small Business Administration/United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (SBA/USDA) lending specialists was added to our staff of banking professionals as a new niche market that will allow us to better serve the small business community while providing an important new source of income.

Also in the first quarter this year, we made the investment to enter into new markets with our opening of a full-service banking office on Rea Road in Ballantyne and a new mortgage office in Rock Hill, SC as well as adding dedicated wealth management personnel in Charlotte and Ballantyne. We also expanded our market presence in late 2017 with a new wealth management office in Asheboro, NC.

As a result of our growth initiatives, earnings for the first quarter 2018 compare less favorably to last year. Earnings were $234 thousand versus $617 thousand for the same period in 2017. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, net income available to common shareholders, which includes dividends

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paid to preferred shareholders, was $91 thousand or $ 0.01 per share compared to $471 thousand or $0.07 per share for March 2017.

While our growth strategy is essential, growing the company requires significant financial investments before we can recognize the full benefits – that means, we have to endure some short-term financial pain in the interest of long-term gain. There will be a period of ramping costs before the new business revenue and improved operating efficiencies associated with our efforts will be realized. This is an aggressive growth strategy, one, we think, dictated by the radical change and disruption we see in financial services.  We are cognizant of the significant challenges and financial consequences we are undertaking and are being diligent in the management of these initiatives and their expenses. Each strategic initiative has its own detailed budget and project management team to keep us on plan.

While our short-term earnings are going to be impacted, the creation of wealth cannot be effectively measured by calendar quarters or the amount of time it takes the earth to rotate through a calendar year. In fact, managing for short-term profits, as opposed to long-term sustainable earnings, has the effect of destroying company value by not staying competitive and relevant in the market place.

Thank you for your patience and confidence as we navigate your company to a more sustainable future and greater value for all of our stakeholders. We will give you quarterly progress reports on these strategic projects as we go forward in 2018.

Sincerely,

UWHARRIE CAPITAL CORP

This Report may contain, among other things, certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, (i) statements regarding certain of the Company's goals and expectations with respect to earnings, income per share, revenue, expenses and the growth rate in such items, as well as other measures of economic performance, including statements relating to estimates of credit quality trends, and (ii) statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “may," ”could," ”should,” “would,” “believe," ”anticipate," "estimate," "expect," “intend,” ”plan,” ”projects," ”outlook," or similar expressions. These statements are based upon the current belief and expectations of the Company‘s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond the Company’s control).

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