Created:07/28/2009 09:02:27 AM
Author:David Laney
Key thought:Mother of Joan Cheek Hammond passed away

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Bertie "Bert" Cheek, 96, of Jonesboro, and formerly of El Dorado, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2009, at St. Elizabeth’s Nursing Home in Jonesboro. 
   She was born Feb. 25, 1913, in Dubach, La., to Cyrus Lewis and Lula Belle Fautheree Lewis. Bert had worked for El Dorado News-Times as a reporter and was a member of First Christian Church.

   Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Jesse Stark Cheek Jr.; and three brothers, Stephen, Willis and Earnest Lewis.


   Survivors include a daughter, Joan Hammond of Jonesboro; granddaughter, Paige Church and her husband, Keith, of Maryville, Tenn.; grandson, Sean Hammond and his wife, Cori, of Harrisburg; and four great-grandchildren, Taylor and Walker Hammond and Riley and Reuben Church.

 
   A memorial graveside service will be held at a later date.


  Memorials may be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Attn: Gift Management Services, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244.





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