Sonya Harrington

August 27, 1953

January 31, 2021

Sonya Harrington, 67, passed away on January 31, 2021 after a year-long battle with cancer.  

Sonya was born August 27, 1953 in Friona, Texas. She was the eldest of three children born to Andrew and Doris Levina Brown. 

She attended school at Lubbock High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from Wayland Baptist University and a master’s degree from the University of Phoenix. Mrs. Harrington taught earth science and coached basketball, volleyball, and track at Smiley Wilson Junior High in Lubbock before she moved to Colorado where she continued teaching and coaching. She moved back to Texas in 2000 and became a school counselor for Killeen ISD. After 33 years of teaching, coaching, and counseling, she retired in 2017. 

She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her husband Raymond Harrington of Salado, Texas; daughter and her husband, Danya and Callan Bailey of Temple, Texas; son and his wife, Cody and Shannon Stroope of Pearland, Texas; two grand children, Carlie and Sofie Stroope of Pearland, Texas; her brother and his wife Keith and Darcell Brown of Denison, Texas; her brother and his wife Lee and Callie Brown of Jarrell, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. 

Friends and family are invited to a memorial service for Sonya Brown Harrington on Saturday, February 13th, 2021 at 1:00pm which will be held at Broecker Funeral Home of Salado. In lieu of flowers, we encourage friends and family to donate to one of the following memorials:

Temple College Foundation: Sonya Harrington & Darcell Brown Vocational Nursing Scholarship; 2600 S. 1st Street, Temple, TX 76504

Association for a Pet Adoption Center (APAC), In Memory of Sonya Harrington; 3809 S. General Bruce Drive Suite 103-8251, Temple, TX. 76502 or visit www.happytails.org

Services are in the care of Broecker Funeral Home of Salado. 

(Paid obituary)