Emery Faith McKee, age three, earned her angel wings on May 30, 2017.
She was born in Odessa, Texas on September 29, 2013 to parents Amber West-Lewis and Preston McKee.
Emery was filled with love and laughter. Her personality filled the room.
Emery loved Disney Princesses. Rapunzel and Princess Poppy were favorites, but especially Frozen’s Elsa and Anna.
You could always count on Emery playing with her dogs, Sophie and Molly, often having Sophie ride shot-gun in her toy jeep.
Her blue eyes and spirited self-confidence left footprints on our hearts.
Left to treasure Emery’s memory are her parents, Amber and Preston.
Also surviving Emery are grandmother and grandfather, Kim West Lewis (Granna) and Casey ‘Petie’ Lewis (Grandad); grandmother and grandfather, Liz McKee (Nana) and Jay McKee (Papa); great grandmothers, Nancy West Tejeda and Mary Lewis, great grandfather Joe McKee and great-great grandmother, Emerance Gawlik.
Emery is also survived by aunts and uncles; Kaci Lewis, Terri McKee, Valerie McKee and Jon Rubio, Kevin West, Derek and Angela West, Gus and Bobbie Mann, James and Estella McKee, Justin and Teresa McKee, Patty Rhine, Matt and Mary Ramos, Leeta Lewis, Marty and Leslie Lewis and her cousins, but known to Emery as her best friends, Avery and Peyton West, Gibson and Gage Davis, Mackenzie Rhine and Gracie West.
Preceding Emery in death were Bobbie Jean McKee, Hershel West, Gerald Lewis, Alfred Gawlik, Ted Tejeda and Darrell Tibbitts.
Pallbearers were be Brett Smith, Derek West, Justin McKee Jr., Kevin West, Clay Fernandes, and Joey Lux.
Honorary Pallbearers were Robert Mann, Ethan Mann, Steffen Vickers, Marty Lewis, Tyler Lewis, Dustin Lux, Charles Pierce, Ronnie Wipff, Kenneth Gawlik, Steve Morriss, Arthur Crittendon, Mickey Sharp, Jon Rubio, Cody Everett, Lance Castro, Jace McKee, and Carl Kosub.
Visitation with family was held Sunday, June 4, 2017 and a Rosary followed at Love Funeral Home in Sonora, Texas.
Services were held Monday, June 5, 2017, at the Lighthouse Community Church, Sonora.
