Obituary: DIANNE JORDAN JAMES






Mrs. Dianne Josephine Jordan James, age 81, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025 at Moses Cone Hospital.

Public viewing will begin on Friday, April 4, 2025 from 12 until 7 p.m. at McLaurin-Harris Funeral Home, 721 East Morehead Street, Reidsville, North Carolina.

A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 11 a.m. from the McLaurin-Harris Memorial Chapel, 721 East Morehead Street, Reidsville, North Carolina. Overseer B. Stephon Brown, eulogist.

The family will receive friends at the home of her sister, Rena Weaver, 2074 US-158 East, Reidsville, NC.

Dianne was born in Guilford County, NC on November 2, 1943 to Milton Jordan and Jeannette Johnson Jordan.

She was educated in the Guilford County Schools System and graduated from Browns Summit High School.

Diane was a member of Noah’s Ark Full Gospel Baptist Church where she was a mother.

For many years she was employed as a supervisor with Kodak.

Survivors include children, Phyllis Jordan, Claude Allen Turner and William Jamal Turner; grandchildren, Lakeisha Jumper, Christian Turner and Chelsey Turner; siblings, Rena Weaver and Rebecca Wright (Clyde Adams); a host of relatives and friends.

Service by McLaurin-Harris

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