Mildred Scharff Heatherley

Mildred Louise Scharff Heatherly, 83, of Asheville, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002. Born October 13, 1918, in New Bern, NC, she was the daughter of the late Robert G. and Sallie Cole Scharff. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Robert E. Scharff, Sr. She started school in Georgia before moving to Asheville in 1928. She graduated from Asheville High School, Asheville-Biltmore College, and Lenoir Rhyne College. She taught in Elk Park, NC before joining the US War Department at the Pentagon during WW II. She then worked in Washington, DC with the Post Office Department, Accounting Division until she became disabled in 1956. After hospitalizations in D.C. and Virginia, she returned to Asheville in 1962 to make her home with her mother. She did volunteer work for the NC Tuberculosis Association and was employed temporarily with the Social Security during the beginning of the Medicare program. From March, 1968, until her retirement in June, 1984 she was employed by the City of Asheville at City Hall. She was a former member of Calvary Baptist Church of Asheville and Metropolitan Church and Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church of Washington, DC. At the time of her death she was a member of the Perry Class of West Asheville Baptist Church. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. R.G. (Mary Frances) Anders of Asheville; one brother, Richard C. Scharff, Sr. of Chesapeake, VA; three nephew, five nieces and several great-nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Saturday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. James H. Johnson and the Rev. Ken Lewis officiating. Burial will be at Green Hills Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to West Asheville Baptist Church Building Fund, 926 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806.