Gilbert D. Cheek, age 74, Stone Creek Court, Lenoir, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2022, at his home.

He was born October 6, 1947, in Watauga County. The son of the late Dallas Garfield Cheek and Ruby Phillips Cheek. He spent his life loving to laugh, spending time with his family. He loved to have fun as a prankster and jokester. He loved to play pool and was an excellent player. He loved and enjoyed roller skating, riding his motorcycle, being outside grilling, listening to loud country music and driving his corvette. He loved people, and never met a stranger, and would help anyone who needed help. He had many friends, "lifelong friends" who he loved.

He is survived by two daughters, Linda Foster & husband Jeff of Blowing Rock, and Crystal Cheek of Boone; three grandchildren, Andrea & Jordan Foster of Blowing Rock, and Bryson Pearson of Boone; one sister, Janice Cheek of Boone; one brother, Michael Cheek of Taylorsville; one aunt, Grace Gentry of Lenoir; one uncle, Sherrill Cheek of Fleetwood, (Pine Swamp Community); one niece, Lauren Love & husband Josh; one nephew, Jonathan Cheek & wife Anna; one great niece; two great nephews; and several cousins.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 3:00 PM at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Reverend Gordon Noble will officiate. Interment will follow in Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Thursday, April 14, 2022, from 2:00 until 3:00, at Oak Grove Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association https://www. heart .org/aha/donate

or to Mount Lawn Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 1787, Boone, North Carolina 28607.

Online condolences may be sent to the Cheek family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.