Cheek (surname)

Cheek (surname)

Cheek is an old family surname from Anglo-Saxon England that predates the Norman invasion[citation needed]. The Cheek family was among the first to immigrate to the US colonies in the early 17th century.

The family crest is a white shield with three red crescents.

Some prominent members of the Cheek family:

  • Robert Lawson Cheek, 1st. Lawyer Knoxville Tennessee
  • Michael Case Cheek, Rear Admiral, USN (aboard the USS Missouri for the Japanese Surrender in WWII)
  • James Richard Cheek, U.S. Ambassador
  • Joey Cheek, Olympic Gold Medal speedskater
  • Joel Owsley Cheek, Maxwell House Coffee founder
  • Sir John Cheke, 16th century tutor to King Edward VI, (and immortalized in a poem by Paradise Lost author, John Milton)
  • Brig. General William Cheek Smartt (Rev. War and War of 1812 soldier, and signer of the 1835 Tennessee State Constitution)
  • Sonara Smart Dodd, Founder of Father's Day, (daughter of Ellen Victoria Cheek-Smart)
  • Catherine Ann Cheek-Ellington, First Lady of Tennessee (during the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King)

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