Nigh was involved with the high school marching band where she was a "twirler" and played the saxophone.
Two years later in 1984, The Donna Nigh Foundation, a non-profit organization that awards grants to citizens with mental disabilities, was formed.
[3] Nigh and her husband appeared in walk-on roles in episode # 19 of the NBC soap opera Texas (playing themselves as Governor and First Lady of Oklahoma).
Cast member Lisby Larson (Paige Marshall) serenaded the couple with a rendition of "Oklahoma!"
On April 28, 2010, Nigh and her husband were robbed at gunpoint in the driveway of their northwest Oklahoma City home.