Janet Stanley Miller

“Let not your heart be troubled. You are trusting God, now trust me. There are many homes up there where my Father lives, and I am going to prepare them for Your coming. When everything is ready, then I will come and get you, so you can always be with me where I am.”  John 14: 1-3

Janet Stanley Miller passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at her home in The Langford Methodist Retirement Community. 

Janet was born on February 27, 1939 in Henderson, Texas. She was the daughter of Blanche (Wylie) and John Wilson Stanley. Janet lived most of her youth in Dallas, Texas where she graduated from W.H. Adamson High School in 1956. The following year she married Donald Martin Norman with whom she had three children. Janet studied at the Rutherford Metropolitan School of Business in Dallas.

After her divorce in 1965, Janet met and married Richard Stebbins Miller, from Seville, Ohio, with whom she loved and lived for 58 years, until her death. Janet and Richard lived the majority of their married life in Dallas, Texas where they raised their children and Janet worked as a bookkeeper in the pharmaceutical industry. Upon retiring from Amerisource Bergen Wholesale Pharmaceutical Distributors in 2000, they moved to College Station, Texas. In 2018 Janet and Richard moved into The Langford Methodist Retirement Community where she met many new friends and spent hours participating in a variety of activities. She particularly enjoyed playing Bridge and Mah-Jongg and attending hymn sings and social hours. In her new living environment, Janet was in her element and her family often referred to her as the “Queen of The Langford.”

Janet loved to travel and she and Richard enjoyed cruising in the Caribbean.  She was a fabulous southern cook and loved preparing and serving large family meals. Janet was affectionately known amongst her grandchildren and great grandchildren as “Elvira,” a name she acquired because she loved the song and sang it frequently to all her grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Blanche and John Stanley, son-in-law Bob Cornelius, and sister-in-law Nancy Miller. 

 She is survived by her loving husband, Richard “Dick” Miller; two daughters, Sherry Norman Wine and husband Bobby of College Station and Shellie Norman Cornelius of College Station; and son Marty Norman and wife Dianna of McKinney. Also surviving their “Elvira” are seven grandchildren; John Robert Wine, James Justin Wine, Whitney Elizabeth Wine, Leigh Anne Cornelius Jones, Laura Elizabeth Norman, Richard Robert Norman, Richard Robert Norman (Ellen Waldrop) and  Sarah Jessica Norman (Chase) Wehsener, and six great grandchildren; Maddox, Abram, Eli, Ian, Sasha and Winnie. In addition, Janet is survived her brother, Dr. James H. Stanley and his wife Laura, and two brothers-in-law, Thomas Miller of Savannah, GA and Daniel Miller and wife Rebecca of Tallahassee, FL. Additionally surviving Janet is her “adopted daughter” and very good friend, Kathy Dodson of Magnolia, AR. 

A memorial service will take place at a later time at P.O.E.T.S, a family-owned establishment, with interment at Pine Hill Cemetery in Pine Hill, Texas. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (stjude.org).