Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthJun 28, 1919, Warren County, North Carolina470, Ethel Cheek Reese
DeathJan 6, 2015, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Ethel Cheek Reese
BurialBethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Rd, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Ethel Cheek Reese
FatherWilliam Augustus CHEEK (1891-1932)
MotherMattie Olivia BEST (1890-1968)
Spouses
BirthJun 20, 1916, Guilford County, North Carolina269
DeathOct 6, 1973, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina269
BurialBethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Rd, McLeansville, Guilford County, North Carolina263
FatherDavid Carrington REESE (1879-1946)
MotherMary Edna EVANS (1890-1975)
Obituary Online notes for Ethel Staton CHEEK
Info from News & Record Greensboro NC 01/08/2015

GIBSONVILLE ETHEL CHEEK REESE, 95, PASSED AWAY Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.

A 2 p.m. funeral service will be held Friday, January 9, 2015 at Bethel Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.

Ethel was born in Warren County, NC on June 28, 1919, to the late William and Mattie Cheek.

She worked as a clerk with A & P Grocery Store for over thirty years while making sure that her family was always cared for. She was a faithful member of Bethel Presbyterian Church and lived her faith out daily as a praying woman and one who showed the love of Jesus to those in need. She regularly reached out to help others and often mentored and gave advice to her family members. Ethel also enjoyed gardening and tending to her flowers.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arley Glenn Reese, Sr. Additionally, she was preceded in death by brothers William, Macon and Herbert Cheek, and one sister, Helen Fuller.

Survivors include her daughters, Ann Reese and Kay Baker of Gibsonville, son, Arley Reese, Jr. and wife, Fonda, of McLeansville, and son, Wayne Reese and wife, Jean, of Gibsonville. Also surviving is a brother, Holt Cheek of Elon. In addition, she is survived by 8 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at Forbis and Dick North Elm Street Chapel Thursday, January 8 from 6 until 8 p.m.

Online condolences may be sent to www.forbisanddick.com.The family requests that memorial contributions be sent to Bethel Presbyterian Church, 300 Knox Road, McLeansville, NC, 27301, or Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC, 27405.Forbis and Dick North Elm Street is assisting the Reese family.
470, Ethel Cheek Reese
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