Ellen Marie McKee, 86

Graveside services for Ellen Marie McKee, 86, of Dora, were held Dec. 3, 2021, at Ledbetter Cemetery. Mrs. McKee passed away at 9:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains.  

She was born Oct. 13, 1935, in Howell County, the daughter of Ellis and Ethel Collins Fox. On Oct.14, 1950, in Salem, Arkansas, she married James P. McKee.

Mrs. McKee was an excellent cook and enjoyed flowers, gardening, canning, sewing and making rugs. 

She is survived by six children, Joyce Ledbetter, Keith McKee, Jo Unruh, Kelly McKee, Kevin McKee and wife Carol Shinberger, and Kerry Dean McKee; 17 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bobby Joe Fox and wife Laverne, and Donald Fox and wife Helen; six sisters, Lena Story and husband Glen, Shirley Collins and husband Charles, Bonnie Tackitt and husband Kenneth, Dixie Leroy and husband Bill, Imogene Tilson and husband Nevin, and Vanetta Sexton and husband Don; and numerous nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, who died Nov. 14, 2013; one daughter, Pamela Sue; one son, James Kenneth McKee; and two brothers, Leonard Fox and David Dwight Fox.  

Memorial contributions may be made to Ledbetter Cemetery and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St. West Plains, MO 65775. Online condolences may be expressed at robertsondrago.com.

Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, directors.