Individual Details

Death

Mrs. Myrtle M. Cheek, 68, of Charlotte died March 20, 1998, at her residence.. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at McEwen Charlotte Chapel with the Rev. William Saylor officiating. Interment will be in Charlotte Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Cheek was born Nov. 17, 1929 in Wadesboro, a daughter of Ernest S. McLendon of Wadesboro, NC, and the late Bernice Faulkner McLendon. She was a member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church. She attended Wadesboro Elementary and High Schools. She was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society, a volunteer for United Way and served as chairperson. She was a lifetime blood donor for the American Red Cross, was formerly associated with the Mecklenburg Mental Health and later for Carolina Medical Center Public health in the Clerical/administrative Division. In addition to her father, survivors include her husband, William F. Cheek Sr. to whom she was married 36 years; daughters, Frances A. Howard of Brandon, FL, Patricia Bumgarner of Charlotte and Lisa Armfield of Monroe, NC; son, William F. Cheek Jr. of Spindale, NC; sister, Ruby Moore of Myrtle Beach, SC; brother, Samuel McLendon of Tuscaloosa, AL; and five grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Hospice at Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204. McEwen Funeral Service, Charlotte Chapel, is serving the family of Mrs. Cheek.
The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 21, 1998