Obituary of Ida L.W. Cheek of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News, December 23, 2004
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 01/31/2005



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Ida. L.W. Cheek

Services for Mrs. Ida Laura Wiggins Cheek, age 83, of Rayville, were held
Monday, December 13,2004 at Antioch Baptist Church with the Rev. W.W.
Lovett Jr., officiating, assisted be the Rev. Bill Gueringer.

Burial followed in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of
Mulhearn Funeral Home of Rayville.

Mrs. Cheek was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and taught Sunday
School for over 40 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; Henry Shephard Wiggins and 
Laura Virginia Jayroe Wiggins; her husband of 49 ˝ years, Robert Edward
Cheek; sister, Sue Ann Anderson; and brothers Elmer Wiggins and John Wiggins.

Survivors include sons, Vic Cheek and wife Connie of Holly Ridge and Nolan 
Cheek and wife, Patricia, of Start; daughters; Ellen Harveston and her husband 
Darrell, of West  Monroe and Laura V. Cheek; seventeen grandchildren and 
nine great-grandchildren, Gregory Robert Harveston of Monroe, Will Cheek and wife Roxanne, Breonna, Alexis and Reece of Holly Ridge; Monica Frost and husband,
Bubba, Maddie, Katie and Try of Rayville; Dara Harvey  and husband Shane,
Robert, and Alexa of West Monroe; Ben Cheek  and wife Kara and Ariah of West Monroe;Tyler Cheek and wife Ashley of Start; Amy Cheek of Holly Ridge; Leslie Liston and husbamd Jaden of St. Peter’s MO; Emily Hunter of Creve Coeur, MO; Cara Brooke
Clark and Ethan Clark of O’Fallon, MO; Kelsie  Cheek of Holly Ridge, Taylor, Kaitlyn,
Haley, Hannah and Clayton Cheek of  Start; sisters, Bertie Allen of Archibald,
Nettie Bradshaw of Rayville, and Mildred Burroughs of Rayville; sisters-in-law;
Dallas Knight of Jacksonville Beach, FL, Mary DeMoss of Tallulah, Aline Hurley of
Rayville, Dale Wiggins of Rayville, and Madge Huff of Start; numerous nieces
and nephews and many children she helped raise as well as many more children she
taught in Sunday School for over 40 years,

Pallbearers will be Will Cheek, Ben Cheek, Terry Rainbolt, Mike McNaughton,
Dusty O’Neal and Buddy Bradshaw.