“Well done good and faithful servant.”  

Shirley Mae Comeaux Miller, born in Bell City on May 1, 1937, daughter of the late John Milton and Thelma Istre Comeaux, passed away in a local care facility Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at age 87.

A graduate of Bell City High School, Shirley was a faithful member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lacassine, where she served on the Catholic Daughters Court Santa Maria, and was a Eucharistic Minister. She provided a warm and loving home to her family, enjoyed quilting, cooking and baking.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Nolan Miller; parents; sisters, Nell Reed, Deanna Felice, and Ruth Fontenot; brother, Donald Comeaux, and son-in-law, Billy Precht Jr.

Survivors are her children, David Miller (Jodi), Roderick Miller (Sherrie), Carolyn Fontenot (David), and Debora Precht; siblings, Rodney Comeaux, Daniel Comeaux, Herbert Comeaux, Brenda Vanicor, Kathy Geiger, and Jacinta Comeaux; grandchildren, Matt Fontenot (Danielle),  Ryan Fontenot (Wendy), and Kane Fontenot (Hannah), Lauren Thompson (Andrew), William Precht III, (Adelyn); Dr. Jenny Miller Marsh (Ritchie) and Amber Viator; great-grandchildren, Madison and Aiden Fontenot, Nolan Fontenot, Hayden and Nora Thompson, and expecting Abigail Fontenot in May. 

Services will be held in Johnson & Brown Funeral Home of Iowa on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025 at 2 p.m. The Rev. Roland Vaughn, Celebrant. A gathering of friends will begin in the funeral home at 10 a.m., with a rosary recited at 1:30 p.m. Cremation has been entrusted to Johnson & Brown Funeral Home of Iowa. 

Special thanks to her caregiver, Lorraine Sanchez for taking such great care of momma.

Words of comfort may be shared at: www.johnsonandbrownfuneralhome.com.

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