Sharon Kay

Garrett

Sharon Kay (Welchel) Garrett, 82, of Blanchard passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 in Oklahoma City. The daughter of Wes Burney Welchel and Lottie Lorene (McKinney) Welchel, Sharon was born on September 2, 1944, in Tuttle.

Sharon graduated from Tuttle High School in 1962. She married Buddy Dean Garrett on April 26, 1963, and they were married for 33 years when Bud passed away in 1996. She has lived in the Blanchard/Bridge Creek area for the last 50 years. Sharon worked for the Grady County Rural Water District 6 as an office manager for the last 50 years and was only semi-retired as she continued to work part time from home.

Sharon was described as a Proverbs 31 woman and loved taking care of her family. She would do anything for anybody. Sharon enjoyed sewing and arts and crafts, teaching her granddaughters how to sew, and especially enjoyed doing diamond art most recently. She was big on family holidays and loved having her family all around her and baking and cooking for them. She has been affectionately known as “Naynee” for the last several years, but she was first known as “Mawmee” to Josh her first-born grandchild until the girls came along and changed her grandma name.

Sharon was a member of Horizon Pointe Baptist Church where she often sang at church services, was in the choir and served as the church treasurer. When she was a member of Crossroad to Life Baptist Church previously, she served in several areas, she taught the Nursery/Toddler Class on Sunday mornings, served on the benevolence committee, and helped with arts and crafts and snacks for VBS for many years. Sharon had a huge heart for helping people.

Sharon was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bud Garrett; two brothers, J.H. and Ted Welchel; brother-in-law, Virgil Carroll; and several nieces and nephews.

Sharon is survived by her two daughters, Angie Garrett and Sharita Hill both of the Blanchard/Bridge Creek area; five grandchildren, Josh Garrett and wife Carsyn, Harlee Garrett, Nikki Hill, Natalie Hill and bonus grandson, Ryan Armstead and wife Hannah and their children; two great grandchildren, Laine and Novalee, with one more on the way, Waylon; sister, Lottie Mae Carroll of Arkansas, sisters-in-law, Brenda Welchel of Eufaula and Barbara Knox of Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews and other loving family members and friends.

Viewing for family and friends will be held from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, October 16, 2026, at the funeral home with the family present to greet friends from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 A.M, Saturday, October 17, 2026, at the Eisenhour Funeral Home Chapel in Blanchard. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Tuttle. Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.