On May 9, 2020, a few months before what would have been her 100th birthday, Frances Louise (Clawson) Miller of Oklahoma City passed from this life into the presence of her Lord Jesus Christ. It was a joyous occasion for her, and for her family and friends, because the last years of her life were particularly difficult. Afflicted with dementia, Louise spent her final years unaware of herself or her surroundings. This was made all the more difficult for her family because she was an incredibly beautiful and intelligent woman. But that is all behind her, and we know that she is happy in her eternal home beyond anything we can imagine. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him." (I Cor. 2:9) Louise, known to the family as Lou, was a product of the East Texas cotton fields, born September 17, 1920, at Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas, to Pamie Era and Prudence Ethel Iona (Board) Clawson. She was the second of eight children. Her family had been in Texas since the days of the Republic, had lived through the hardship and disruption of the Secession, and had come out on the other side to survive the hardship and disruption of the Great Depression. The Clawsons spent most of this harrowing experience in West Texas, where they moved in 1922. In 1932, concluding that things had to be better back east, Mr. Clawson moved his family to Hunt County, east of Dallas. Here, Louise met the love of her life, John Austin Miller. They were married September 19, 1936, in Kaufman, Texas, when he was 19 and she was two days past her 16th birthday. The couple immediately undertook to do the only thing they knew, grow cotton. When this seemed to be a sure path to slow starvation, they moved to Oklahoma City where they lived together until his death in 1993. She never remarried. Louise was, as any who knew her could testify, a faithful church-going woman who prayed, read the Bible, and rarely missed her weekly Bible study. She loved football, had a particular love for baseball (the Chicago Cubs, if you must), bowled, and worked crossword puzzles. She could cook and sew, and she was a veteran at taking care of babies, though she would admit, if asked, that shed had about all of dirty diapers that she could tolerate. She could also sing and play the piano, a legacy of her Clawson forebearers. She liked country music, but generally preferred something a little more in the Frank Sinatra line. Louise was preceded in death by her husband and parents, brother, Era Clawson, and sisters, Drusilla Board, Sybil Sparks and Lillian Sullivan. Louise is survived by sons, John Douglas Miller and wife Janelle of Edmond, and Gary Dale Miller of Oklahoma City; brothers, J.C. Clawson and Dwayne Clawson of Arkansas; sister, Evelyn LaRue Findeisen of Corpus Christi, Texas; grandchildren, Lisa Ziriax and husband Paul of Edmond, Sean Miller of Oklahoma City, Jeremy Miller and wife Catherine of Norman, Becky Raiten and husband Dan of Colorado, Suzanne Wickenkamp and husband Jason of Oklahoma City, and Abby Miller of Norman; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. If you wish to send flowers, please do. If you wish to make donations, send them to Louises favorite charity, the Salvation Army. If you wish to both send flowers and donate to the Salvation Army, that is fine, too. God will bless you real good. Viewing will be Thursday, 8am-7pm at Mercer-Adams. Services will be Friday, 2:00pm at Mercer-Adams Chapel with interment in Rose Hill Burial Park. Viewing Mercer-Adams Funeral Service Thursday, May 14, 2020 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM 3925 North Asbury Avenue Bethany, Oklahoma 73008 Funeral Service Mercer-Adams Chapel Friday, May 15, 2020 2:00 PM 3925 N. Asbury Bethany, OK 73008