Sonja Denise Holland, 55, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 31st, 2022 in Charlotte, NC. She was born on March 30th, 1966 in Las Vegas, NV to the late Willie Mae Jenkins and Dennis Holland Jr.
Sonja attended public schools in Las Vegas and graduated from Valley High School with the class of 1984. Though she called Las Vegas home for the first thirty years of her life, she spent many summers visiting family in Louisiana.
Following high school graduation, Sonja enlisted in the U.S. Army National Guard and completed basic training in New Jersey.
Sonja studied business and marketing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year. In the mid-90s, Sonja moved to Greensboro, NC and began working as the General Manager at a local Taco Bell. She was so skilled at her job that in 1998 she was recruited to manage a new franchise of stores in Charlotte, NC, where she lived for the rest of her life.
Sonja was an avid sports fanatic, and she especially loved basketball and her favorite team – The Lakers. Sonja’s sharp mind led her to seek out and enjoy jigsaw puzzles and word puzzles, and she was always happy to relax and watch one of her favorite crime shows – Law & Order: SVU and Criminal Minds. One of Sonja’s absolute favorite hobbies, though, was spending time with her precious children and the rest of her treasured family.
Sonja was funny and she deeply loved others; she was universally regarded as being so patient and so kind to everyone she knew.
Those left to remember Sonja include her daughter, Keeva Walker; her son, Christopher Holland; her brother, Tyrone Holland; her sister, Almeter Holland Hall; her long-time friend, LaToya Elder; her Godson, Elijah Elder; her long-time best friend, Sandra Chancy, and Sandra’s family who Sonja loved as her own; as well as numerous other loving nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.
Sonja was preceded in death by her parents, Dennis Holland Jr. and Willie Mae Jenkins Holland; and her siblings, Kenneth Holland and Dennis Holland III.
Friends are cordially invited to join the Holland family for a visitation from 3:00 pm until 4:00 pm on Monday, February 7th, 2022 at Forest Lawn West Funeral & Cremation Service, 4601 Freedom Drive in Charlotte. A memorial service will be conducted at 4:00 pm in the Paul Helton Chapel at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sonja’s name to the National Kidney Foundation.
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