Hester Annette

Coffey Cheek

Obituary

Hester Annette Coffey Cheek, 95, of Tifton died Saturday, February 13, 2010, at Tift Health Care. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 15, 2010, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Brad Hughes will officiate with burial to follow. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 14, 2010, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Mrs. Cheek was born on December 27, 1914 in Dalton and was the daughter of John Coffey and Effie Sarah Pullen Coffey, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Doyle Cheek; three brothers; and seven sisters. She was a homemaker and a member of Ty Ty Baptist Church. She moved to Tifton from Warrior, Alabama 82 years ago.

Mrs. Cheek is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Pearl Cheek of Tifton; one daughter, Addie Denby of Albany; seven grandchildren, Emmett Denby, Kenneth Denby, Fred Cheek, David Cheek, Sara Poole, Rhonda Nance and Karen Jorden; and 14 great grandchildren.