Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. John Baptist Church, 2301 N.W. 14th Ave., with the Rev. Vurn Martin, pastor of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church, officiating and Chris Lewis, chaplain of BSA Hospice, as eulogist. Arrangements are by Warford-Walker Mortuary, 509 N. Hughes St.

Diana was born in Longview to Ed and Thelma King. From a young age, she excelled academically and loved helping others.

She was one of the first African-Americans to graduate from Amarillo High School in 1969. Diana attended Texas Southern University in Houston, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology in 1973.

Diana’s career in social work continued in Amarillo for several years. She also served her community through various community outreach programs including Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Diana returned to Houston to pursue a law degree. She received her Juris Doctor in 1991 from Thurgood Marshall School of Law. She worked as an associate attorney at a prominent Houston law firm. In 1999, she started her own solo practice in Houston.

She moved her law practice and mediation services in 2006 to Amarillo, where she once again became engaged in community service. She wrote the Community Development Block Grant proposal on behalf of the Amarillo United Citizens’ Forum to the city of Amarillo for the installation of sidewalks along Hughes Street.

Diana was a guest columnist for the Amarillo Globe-News. She was a supporter of the Downtown Women’s Center, a member of the State Bar Association, Texas Association of Mediators, College of the Bar, Houston Bar Association, Amarillo Bar Association and the YMCA Advisory Board.

In 2009, Diana joined the team at Legal Aid of Northwest Texas as a staff attorney. At the time of her death, she was the managing attorney at Legal Aid of Northwest Texas.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Survivors include her daughter, Krishna Smith Bowers of Houston; her mother, Thelma King of Amarillo; two sisters, Barbara Smith Weaver and husband Vincent of Chicago and Joyce Chevalier of Stafford; three brothers, Clifford King and wife Darlene, Glenn King and Darrell King, all of Amarillo; and a host of loving nieces and nephews.