Richard "Dick" James

Funeral services will be held 9:00a.m. Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in the Robb Chapel at the Woodlands United Methodist Church with Reverend Cliff Ritter officiating. Arrangements are by Metcalf Funeral Directors.

Richard was born in Melrose, Massachusetts to Amy and Kenneth James on September 10, 1940. He went to school at Melrose High School. He married Sandra Pratt on November 24, 1962 in Elyria, Ohio. He graduated from Paul Smith’s College. He worked in airline catering for several organizations for over 40 years. He was involved in the Horspitality Committee at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as well as volunteering at Memorial Herman Hospital in The Woodlands.

Richard is preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth and Amy, wife Sandra, brother Robert, and grandson Peyton James.

Richard is survived by daughter Debbie Smith and husband Russell, son David James and wife Lisa, and daughter Dawn Hines and husband Dustin, sisters Lyn Roberts and Patricia Blades, brother Brad James, and grandchildren Elizabeth Matthews, Emmalee James, Madison Hines, and Ian Widener.

Memorials may be given to GBS CIDP Foundation. https://www.gbs-cidp.org/ or to the Memorial Hermann Foundation https://www.memorialhermann.org/foundation/

Richard’s family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses of Memorial Hermann Hospital of The Woodlands, and the staff at the Brookdale Assisted Living Facility.