Cheek (surname)
Cheek is an old family surname from Anglo-Saxon England that predates the Norman invasion. 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
Marion 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 speed skater
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)