Thurlow Janice (Sissie) Mayeaux

Thurlow Janice Miller (Sissie) Mayeaux was born December 18, 1938 in Houma, Louisiana. She passed away September 17, 2025.

A 1956 graduate of Campti High School, she was a lifetime and devoted member of the First United Methodist Church. While working full time and raising two sons, Ben and Clay, in 1983 she earned a bachelor's of science degree from Northwestern State University. Thereafter, taking a leave of absence, in 1984 she achieved a master's degree in library science from North Texas State University.

Thurlow contributed to the education of thousands of NSU students during her twenty-five year career as a librarian at Watson Library, from which she retired in 1996. A patriot, she was a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and an avid supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project. Thurlow served as a belle for the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches. Thurlow loved gardening, all music and was a wicked Mah Jongg player.

in 1976, Thurlow and the Mayeaux family built a fishing camp on Wilma's Slough on Black Lake where they spent countless hours fishing, cooking and playing cards.

Thurlow married Ben Neil Mayeaux on September 14, 1956 and they were inseparable for sixty-three years until his death on October 20, 2019.

Thurlow is survived by her sons and their wives, Clay and Jana and Ben and Peggy, her grand-daughter, Ashley Bailey, three great-grandchildren, Madison, Mason, and Morgan, and three brothers, John, Coy and Collin Miller. She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis Paul and Thurlow Miller, and her brother, Paul Miller.

A memorial service for Thurlow will be held on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home.  The family will receive friends from 11:30 am until 1:00 PM.

The family gives special thanks to the staff at the Courtyard of Natchitoches, Dr. Mary Long, and Hand in Hand Hospice Care.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516 Topeka, Kansas 66675, or charity of your choice.