Mrs. Mary Evelyn Allen Steele

November 7, 1921 - November 7, 2015

Mary Evelyn Allen Steele, 94, of Asheville, died on Saturday, November 7, 2015. A native of Greenville, SC she was born on November 7, 1921 to the late William Kirk Allen and Katherine Bowen Allen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George Alexander Steele; her brother, William Kirk Allen, Jr. and her son, George Alexander (Alec) Steele III. Mary Evelyn graduated from Greenville High School in 1939, attended Flora MacDonald College in Red Spring, NC and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1943. After graduation she taught Home Economics for several years before becoming Director of Christian Education in Macon, Georgia and Louisville, KY. She was married to George in 1960. They moved to Asheville from Charlotte, NC in 1963 when she soon began volunteer work at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community. Her volunteer work included managing the thrift shop for several years. In 2003 Mary Evelyn and George moved into Deerfield while continuing their membership at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asheville. She is survived by her son, Steven Arthur Steele and her sister-in-law, Dorothy Nabers Allen; her grandchildren, George Alexander Steele IV, Steven Butler Steele, Mary Elizabeth Steele Copeland and Janice Steele and her nieces and nephews, Judith Allen Smith, Nancy Allen Mackenzie, Haddon Nabers Allen and William Kirk Allen III. A graveside service will be held at a later date.