Sharon Kay McKee, 72, of McAlester, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2026, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. Arrangements for cremation have been entrusted to Brumley-Mills Funeral Home.

Sharon Kay McKee was born April 1, 1953, in McAlester to Clayton Alvin Effinger and Eloise Lucille (McKee) Effinger. She was raised in Indianola and graduated from Indianola high school.

Sharon is survived by her children, Rodney Sheppard and wife Stephanie, Regina VanBlaricom and husband Dale, and Rachel Jameson; a son-in-law, Body Jameson; a sister, Gina King; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Bart and Sherry Effinger, and Bret and Lisa Effinger; grandchildren, Heath Cearley and Bianca, Kayla Rudrow and Johnathan, Brandon Jameson and Lexie, and Kenneth Jameson; and great-grandchildren, Roper Rudrow, Kaybri Rudrow, and Casey Jameson. and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband Jack McKee; her parents; and two sisters, Belinda Sue Sager and Janet Brown.