Janice Faye Sterling

November 26, 1938 - November 28, 2021

Janice Faye Sterling, received her wings at the gates of heaven on Sunday, November 28, 2021. She left this Earth peacefully while at home. She was 83 years old. Janice was born in Frederick, Oklahoma on November 26, 1938 to the late George Fredrick Horne, Sr. and Nellie Ernestine Prescott-Horne. She attended public school in Houston, Texas and graduated from Jeff Davis High School. Janice married the love of her life of 58 years, the late Virgil Fred Sterling on November 1, 1958. In 1959 they welcomed their first child, Sharon Lee Sterling Reynolds and five years later, their family was complete with the birth of their second daughter, the late Carolyn Sterling Ivey Flores. With Virgil working for trucking companies early on in their marriage, the family found themselves moving state to state, but in 1969, the family settled back in Walker County. Janice worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Transportation, where she later retired. During their retirement, Janice and Virgil's favorite thing to do was to travel the United States and Canada. With Virgil behind the wheel and Janice navigating, they saw the most beautiful sites together. Janice will be deeply missed by her family and friends. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who enjoyed hosting Sunday family dinners and tending to her flowers and gardens. Janice was preceded in death by her parents, George and Nellie Horne, husband, Virgil Fred Sterling, daughter, Carolyn Sterling Ivey Flores and son-in-law, Manny Flores, and son-in-law James "Buddy" Carroll Reynolds, and siblings Dorothy Horne Smith, George Fredrick Horne, Jr., and John Robert Horne. Survivors include daughter, Sharon Lee Sterling Reynolds, goddaughter, Rebekah Steely Brooker, brother Ralph Edward Horne, grandchildren James Carroll Reynolds, II, Murphy Milton Reynolds, Annie Lee Reynolds, Aaron Ivey, and Justin Ivey, and great grandchildren Paislee Love Reynolds, James Carroll "Trace" Reynolds III, and Milton McCoy Reynolds, as well many other family, extended family, and close friends. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at Northside Baptist Church in Huntsville, Texas, with services beginning at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Mayes Addition of Oakwood Cemetery. Memorial condolences to the family may be made at www.shmfh.com.