2/1/2006
OBITUARIES Mrs. Margaret Paschal Cole Cheek
BURLINGTON — Mrs. Margaret Paschal Cole Cheek , 87, of Edgewood Place, formerly of 6815 Paschal Road, died at 3:50 p.m. Monday, January 30, 2006, at Edgewood Place after five years of declining health and eight days critical illness.
A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late John Long Paschal and Annie Lee Barnett Paschal. She was the wife of the late Leroy Cole and Winfred H. Cheek , who survives. She was a life-long member of Stony Creek Presbyterian Church. She was retired from Carolina Biological Supply Company.
Survivors include two daughters, Caren Bryant and husband, Bob, and Phyllis Massey and husband, Fred; son, John Cole and wife, Gray; stepdaughter, Diane Norblad; stepson, Danny Cheek and wife, Teressa; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; a sister, Gertrude Rumley Greeson; and a brother, John L. Paschal Jr.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband; sister, Cleo Catherine Paschal; and a brother, Thomas Alexander Paschal.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, February 2, 2006, at the Stony Creek Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Ken Hickey. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Cheek will remain at Lowe Funeral Home until taken to the church, where the family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 1:45 p.m., prior to the funeral service.
The family wishes to extend a special thanks to all the Edgewood staff that loved her and cared for her so tenderly. Also a very special thanks to Arlene Lassiter, who gave so much love and kindness to Mom — was always there to feed mom her dinner at least twice every week for the past year. Words cannot adequately express how wonderful all of you are and how much we love you. God bless all of you.
Memorials may be made to the Stony Creek Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden Fund, 2140 Stoney Creek Church Road, Burlington, N.C. 27217 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, N.C. 28215-3220.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
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5/2/2010
Winfred Hughes Cheek
BURLINGTON — Winfred Hughes Cheek, 93, of Burlington, North Carolina passed away at the home of his daughter on Friday, April 30, 2010. Winfred was a much-loved father, uncle, brother, friend and bass singer for the Stony Creek Presbyterian Church choir.
Winfred was born in Buckhorn, Orange County, North Carolina, to Enoch Lendo Cheek and Annie Cora Markham Cheek who preceded him in death, along with 3 brothers, Raymond Cheek, Lee Roy Cheek and Leonard Cheek and 3 sisters, Lyla Ruth Cheek Adamson, Gladys Poe Cheek Johnson and Audrey Beatrice Cheek. He was married to Bertha Macomson Cheek, deceased, and Margaret Cole Cheek, deceased.
Survivors include his daughter, Diane Cheek Norblad; son, Daniel Ward Cheek; sister, Margaret Lenora Cheek Neese; stepson John Cole; stepdaughters Phyllis Massey and Karen Bryant; as well as 3 grandchildren, Shannon Hughes Hall, Denise Diane Evans and Daniel Ward Cheek Jr. Also surviving are numerous stepgrandchildren, and great grandchildren along with beloved nieces and nephews.
Winfred was a World War II Army veteran who served with the 12 Armored Division 92nd Recon Battalion with Gen. George Patton’s Hellcat Division during the Battle of the Bulge, Colmar Pocket and Ardennes Forest in Europe.
Winfred’s
greatest enjoyments were singing with a quartet and the Stony Creek Church choir, or rabbit and squirrel hunting with his nephews and friends from the Stony Creek community. He enjoyed the company of his family, including many special nieces and nephews, and was known for his wonderful dry wit.
He will be very much missed by his friends and family, but he has gone to be with all the singers in heaven.
The funeral will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, May 3, 2010 at Stony Creek Presbyterian Church by Rev. Kenneth Hickey. Interment
will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 4-6 pm Sunday at Lowe Funeral Home & Crematory and other times at the home.
Memorials can be made to Stony Creek Presbyterian Church.
You may sign the online register book at
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