FRANK GRIMES - Obituary - 4 August 1966, Coke County, TX

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The Robert Lee Observer, 4 August 1966, Robert Lee, TX

Last Rites Held for Frank Grimes

	Funeral services for Frank A. Grimes, 70, were held Wednesday
afternoon in First Methodist Church in Bronte.  Mr. Grimes, a long
time cafe operator in Coke and Runnels Counties, was dead on arrival
at Bronte Hospital about 4:30 p.m. Monday.  He had been hospitalized
in Veterans Hospital in Dallas and was being transferred to Bronte.
	The services were conducted by the Rev. A. S. Masterson, pastor
of the church.  Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery under the direc-
tion of Williams Funeral Home.
	Mr. Grimes was born June 22, 1896, at Maverick and moved to
Coke County about 1920.  He and Maud Thomas were married in Bronte 
Oct. 29, 1929.
	Mr. Grimes was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the
American Legion.  He was a Methodist.
	Survivors include his wife, two brothers, Harvey Grimes of
Portales, N. M., and Lonnie Grimes of Camp Wood, and four sisters, 
Mrs. Nora Bridges, Mrs. Mamie Epperson, Mrs. Leona Taylor and Mrs.
Kate Lynn, all of Bronte.
	Pallbearers were C. B. Barbee, T. F. Sims, J. B. Mackey, W. W.
Ivey, D. K. Glenn, all of Bronte, and W. E. Loftin of Ballinger.


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