Services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nancy Moore, Bob Philley and Chaplain Jeff Messer officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E. Interstate 40.
Mrs. James was born April 8, 1934, in Hereford to Luther A. Reed and Josie Alberta Coker. She married Floyd Thomas “Tom” James on Dec. 23, 1951, and they made Amarillo their home. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend to all. She loved her church, playing the piano, singing and was a cherished servant of the Lord.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and four sisters.
Survivors include her husband, Tom James; a son, Tommy Joe James and wife Colleen of Wichita Falls; a daughter, Glinda Kay Ornelas and husband Henry of Amarillo; three grandchildren, Nathan and Andrea Ornelas and Tyler James; two great-grandchildren, Izabella Ornelas and Madalyne James; two brothers, R.T. Reed of Fullerton, Calif., and Roy “Sonny” Reed of Lakewood, Colo.; and many loving family members.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials be to Hospice Care of the Southwest, 1301 S. Coulter St., No. 404, Amarillo, TX 79106-1766; or Bivins Memorial Nursing Home, 1001 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106-1735.
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