She began her professional career with Central Virginia Mental Health Services and was instrumental in establishing a halfway house for transitioning mentally challenged adults from an institution to an independent living facility.
Dianne was a devoted member of Court Street United Methodist Church, Lynchburg and was a Regional Training Coordinator with the Virginia Employment Commission for 23 years before retiring in 2009.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by three children, Lewis A. "L.A." James, III and his wife, Kathryn and Dawn Denise James-Cappiello and her husband, Chris both of Chesterfield County, Lynette Dianne James of Lynchburg; two brothers, Barry P. Arrington and his wife, Dawn of Lynchburg and Larry R. Arrington and his wife, Betty Jean of Forest; also three grandchildren, Kelsey Cappiello, Austin Cappiello and Haleigh James. The family wishes to express their love and gratitude to Dianne's special friends, Charlene Bolling and Chris Wright who have been by her side during her illness.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Tharp Funeral Chapel, Lynchburg, with the Rev. Larry Davies and the Rev. C. Douglas Pillow officiating. Burial will follow at Virginia Memorial Park, Forest. To send condolences online please visit www.tharpfuneralhome.com
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, 237-9424.
She began her professional career with Central Virginia Mental Health Services and was instrumental in establishing a halfway house for transitioning mentally challenged adults from an institution to an independent living facility.
Dianne was a devoted member of Court Street United Methodist Church, Lynchburg and was a Regional Training Coordinator with the Virginia Employment Commission for 23 years before retiring in 2009.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by three children, Lewis A. "L.A." James, III and his wife, Kathryn and Dawn Denise James-Cappiello and her husband, Chris both of Chesterfield County, Lynette Dianne James of Lynchburg; two brothers, Barry P. Arrington and his wife, Dawn of Lynchburg and Larry R. Arrington and his wife, Betty Jean of Forest; also three grandchildren, Kelsey Cappiello, Austin Cappiello and Haleigh James. The family wishes to express their love and gratitude to Dianne's special friends, Charlene Bolling and Chris Wright who have been by her side during her illness.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Tharp Funeral Chapel, Lynchburg, with the Rev. Larry Davies and the Rev. C. Douglas Pillow officiating. Burial will follow at Virginia Memorial Park, Forest. To send condolences online please visit www.tharpfuneralhome.com
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, 237-9424.
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