Ethel (Cheek) McCann, age 88, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. Well done, thou good and faithful servant….enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

She was born May 28th, 1928, at Balkan, KY. She was the daughter of the late R.A. and Mary Elizabeth Cheek.

In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack McCann, Jr. and her son, Roger McCann, her brothers, Virgil Cheek, Bradford Cheek, Millard Cheek, Clarence Cheek, and Fred Cheek, her sisters, Minnie, Sophie, Hazel, Katie and Opal.

She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and her great grandchildren. Also sisters and brother.

Bobbie (Jo Ann) McCann, Lafollette, TN
Beverley McCann Jones, Columbus, Ohio
Tommie (Sarah) McCann, Simpsonville, SC
Laura (Stephen) Backes, Germantown, WI
Lisa McCann, Indianapolis, IN
Zachary Grayson and Brooklyn Backes, Wisconsin
Lucy Jackson, Balkan, KY
Marie Meece, Hopkinsville, KY
Claude Cheek, Baltimore, MD

Funeral services will be 8:00pm on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Creech Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Gibbons presiding.

Internment will be Thursday, April 20, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the Balkan Cemetery in Balkan, KY.

The family will receive friends from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at the Creech Funeral Home.
Online guestbook and condolences are available at www.creechfh.com
Creech Funeral Home, Middlesboro, is in charge of all arrangements.

A GENTLE WOMAN

A gentle woman who loved the Lord
Has gone on to receive her rich reward.
No more to suffer the trials
Down here. No more heartaches, pains
Or tears. A loving mother, a friend
To all, ready to help, if you should call.

With gentle hands, she worked with
Cloth. She was always doing what was
Honest and good. And when the Father
Called, she said, “Here I am”

She told her family, “Don’t worry
And please don’t cry. Be happy and
Walk on the straight and narrow way.
For I want to see you all
Again some day.”