Bryan Co OK - Obit for Elwin James Grimes (G652)

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Elwin James Grimes

Services  will  be  at  11  a.m. Saturday in Coffey Memorial Chapel in
Durant,  Okla.  Burial  will be in Rosewood Cemetery in Achille, Okla.
Arrangements  are  by  Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell
St.

Mr.  Grimes  was  born  Aug.  5,  1917, at Achille. He married Pauline
Bolinger  in Durant on Sept. 18, 1939. They were married for more than
62 years. He graduated from Achille High School in 1935 and received a
bachelor's  degree  from  Southeastern Oklahoma State University and a
master's degree from Oklahoma State University.

He  was  a longtime resident of Borger. He was a principal and teacher
in  Borger  schools  for  30 years, retiring in 1977. He and his wife,
Pauline, moved to Amarillo in June 1999.

He  served  in  the  Navy during World War II. Most of his service was
aboard  the  USS Gunston Hall in the South Pacific. He was awarded the
American  Theatre,  Asiatic  Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons
with  seven  bronze service stars and victory and good conduct medals.
He was honorably discharged after the war.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Mae Grimes; his father, Lonnie
Grimes; two brothers, Owen and Harold; and a sister, Mildred.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Dr. Gary Grimes and wife, Nancy, of
Wichita  Falls; a brother, Lonnie Grimes and wife, Nancy, of Amarillo;
two  sisters,  Medrith Grimes and Joyce Ladd and husband, C.B., all of
Bennington,  Okla.;  a  grandson,  Gant  Grimes and wife, Courtney, of
Arlington; and a granddaughter, Reagan Grimes of Sacramento, Calif.

The  family suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and
Life Enrichment Program, 200 N.W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79107.

Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 21, 2001