Sonja Higgins

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at Cameron Baptist Church Fellowship Center, Lawton, OK, on Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

Sonja Dee (Houtz) Higgins was born to Danny Houtz, and Lavonne Marie (Jones) Garcia on March 29, 1967, at Reynolds Army Hospital, Fort Sill, OK and departed this life in Lawton, OK on November 11, 2026 at the age of 59 years.

Sonja grew up in Lawton and graduated from Lawton High School in 1985. She went on to attend and graduate from Cameron University with a bachelor's in home economics. She taught at Tomlinson Junior High/Middle School for 30 years, from 1991 to 2021, and then retired but returned, teaching at the Life Readiness Center from 2023 to 2025.

Sonja made her home in Lawton most of her life. She married Kirk Russell Higgins on March 14, 2011, in Las Vegas, and they made their home in Lawton until moving to Walters in 2018.

Sonja enjoyed attending concerts, going to the lake, making road trips, going to garage sales, the drive-in movies, spending time with her family, nieces and nephews. She enjoyed baking, going to the mountains, and playing dominoes and board games.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her Nanny, Connie Jones, whose house Sonja considered home.

She is survived by her husband, Kirk Higgins of the home; 3 siblings, Janelle Tamez of San Antonio, Texas, Steven Johnston of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Brandynn Garcia and wife Amanda of Lawton, Oklahoma. She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews: Jonathan Johnston and Sarah Tamez, Gabrielle, Zachary, and Steven Jr., Jade Garcia, Layne Garcia, and twins Scarlett Garcia, and Seth Garcia, as well as a great niece, Amelia Johnston. Sonja is also survived by many friends and former students whose lives she impacted.

Memorial Donations can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.