Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Lauderdale Grimes) Omar, Narva Lee  November 3 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Narva Lee (Grimes) Omar
Services: Monday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m.

In the name of God, most Gracious, most Merciful. On November 28, 1925, Narva 
Lee was born in Sherman, Texas. Her father and mother, may they rest in peace 
were Ira Thomas and Mabel Lauderdale. 

Her grandparents, James Kelly and Ida Nichols Lauderdale in Texas reared Narva 
Lee through her schooling until she migrated to Bakersfield, California in 
1942. There she met, then Russell Dorsey Grimes, Jr., and they married 
February 25, 1945. They were devoted to each other and cared for each other 
until her passing.

Their 60-year union produced three children, nineteen grandchildren and twenty 
great-grandchildren. Narva Lee and her husband were blessed to build their own 
home, rear their children, educate them and see their whole family at peace 
and in prosperity.

Narva Lee has always actively worked for Almighty God in spiritual and 
humanistic endeavors. She worked to uplift young people, beginning with her 
children and their friends through the Church of God in Christ, Order of 
Eastern Star, Parent Teachers Association, National Council of Negro Woman, 
Muslim Girls Training/General Civilization Class, and as an employee of the 
Bakersfield City School District.

Narva Lees career on this earth ended on November 3, 2004. We all come from 
Allah, and we all must return to Allah. Her involvements were in Islam and 
Christianity. She praised and gave thanks to Almighty God and was a most loved 
and respected woman.

She leaves behind, her loving husband of 60 years, Saleem Muslim Omar (Russell 
Grimes, Jr.); sisters, Martha, may she rest in peace, Minyan, Mary Lou, 
Carolyn and Linda; two brothers, Ira and Billy. She also leaves her children 
and their spouses, Sameerah M. Mateen, Ruscel Reader (Robert Reader), and 
Russell D. Grimes III (June Grimes); sisters-in-law, Shirley Phillips, Barbara 
Grimes, and Larcenia Taylor (James Taylor); nineteen grandchildren, twenty 
great-grandchildren, numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and special friends.

Viewing and visitation will begin on Sunday, November 7, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. 
with an hour of meditation to be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Ruckers 
Mortuary. Services will be held at St. John Missionary Baptist Church on 
Monday, November 8, 2004, at 11:00 a.m.

Ruckers Mortuary

Family Owned & Operated


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