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Juanita Mae Cheek

February 26, 1930 — July 20, 2006

Juanita Mae Marks Cheek

Juanita Mae Marks Cheek, age 76, a native of Parkersburg , West Virginia, and a former resident of Cleveland for 32 years, passed away, July 20, 2006 at her home in Knoxville. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Cheek was a 1950 graduate of Camden-Clark Hospital School of Nursing and was formerly employed as a nurse at Bradley Memorial Hospital for a number of years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Marks and Ethel Williams Marks; son, David Alan Cheek; sister: Betty Lou Richards; brothers: Thomas Marks, Billy Gene Marks and Robert Dale Marks.

She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Eugene B. Cheek a Polk County native and current resident of Knoxville; children: Eugene Cheek, Jr. and wife, Debbie of Mooresville, NC, Terry Cheek and wife, Joann of Kennesaw, GA and Cinda Cheek Weller and husband, Gerald of Knoxville, TN; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren; sister, Ruth Ann Napier of Johnson City, TN and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 22, 2006 in the chapel of Higgins Funeral Home with Reverend Jasper Woody officiating. Interment will follow in Benton Memorial Gardens with a white dove release ceremony concluding the service.

Her family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flower, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 850 Fort Wood St, Chattanooga, TN 37403 in remembrance of Mrs. Cheek

We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Cheek family guestbook at www.higginsfuneral.com.
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