Evelyn Brenning Bunch Cheatham Obituary

The family of Evelyn Brenning Bunch Cheatham of Winston Salem, North Carolina announces her passing on September 10, 2026. Evelyn, born on October 14, 1934, is remembered by family, friends, and others who shared time and connection. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Fred Brenning Bunch Jr. and Evelyn Sherrill Bunch; and her husband James Theodore Cheatham III. She is survived by: her daughters, Sherrill Cheatham Perry (Don) of Atlanta, Brenning Cheatham Johnston (Jim) of Statesville and Mary Eccles Cheatham Thompson (Alfred) of Brevard; her grandchildren, Brenning Daughtridge (Gray), Schuyler Holt (Amelia), Bill Johnston (Brooke), Tac Johnston, Margaret Parham Loyd (Jay), Alfred Thompson (Emily) and Bren Hogan (Alex); her sister Dyeann Bunch Jordan (Henry); her sister-in-law Louise Cheatham Holmes (Lee); and her great grandchildren, Will Daughtridge, Mary Evelyn Daughtridge, Rivers Loyd, Holt Loyd, Wells Holt, Gray Holt, Zephyr Thompson, Sally Hogan and Freddie Hogan.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of North Carolina, 224 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401-4444; the Arbor Acres Employee Emergency Fund, 1240 Arbor Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104; or Breakthrough T1D Triangle Chapter, PO Box 1550, Hagerstown, MD 21741-1550.