Julia Lee (Fontenot) Magnuson Miller was born on January 17, 1936 in Kinder, Louisiana United States to Elton Fontenot Sr and Laura (Landry) Fontenot, and had siblings Elton Fontenot Jr, Frozine Minerva (Fontenot) Benoit, James Victor Fontenot, and Davis Fontenot. She married Lewis Arlen Magnuson on March 25, 1953 and they later divorced. They had children Peggy Ann (Magnuson), Kenneth Magnuson, and Marty Magnuson. She would also marry Alvin Joseph Miller, and they were married until Alvin's death on December 2, 2017. Julia Magnuson Miller died at age 89 years old on March 22, 2025 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish County.