Mary Lewis Harkins

Mary Lewis Setzer Harkins, 85, of Malvern Hills, died on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at St. Joseph Campus, Mission Hospitals. A native of Newton, NC, Mrs. Harkins moved to Asheville at the age of two. She was a daughter of the late Herbert and Georgia Hewitt Setzer. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Frances Ball, and Sara Bland; and by her nephew, Thomas E. Bland. Mrs. Harkins was a 1941 graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School. She worked for 37 years, beginning at Moore General Hospital, which became the VA Medical Center, where she retired from fiscal division in 1979. She was a member of the Malvern Hills Community Club, and volunteered for 17 years with Meals on Wheels. She was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, where she was a former Sunday School teacher. She is survived by her husband, Charles Harkins, whom she married on May 7, 1960; niece, Deborah Bland; and brothers-in-law, Philip Harkins and wife Maria and Joseph M. Bland. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Christopher Webb and Vicar Andrew Isenhower officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hills Cemetery. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 10 N. Liberty St., Asheville, NC 28801.