Posted on: Obion County, Tennessee, Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tn/ObionObits/628 Surname: Bedford, Grimes ------------------------- >From the October 26, 2000 "The Observer & Eccentric", Plymouth and Livonia, Michigan: Lawrence L. Grimes Services for Lawrence Grimes, 74 of Plymouth were Oct. 23, in the V.F.W. Mayflower-Lt. Gamble Post 6695 in Plymouth. Mr. Grimes was born Sept. 30, 1926 in Troy, Tenn. and died Oct. 21, 2000 in Livonia. He was a sheet metal worker with Metal Engineering following his employment with Darin-Armstrong for 20 years. He was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Union No. 292 in Troy (Michigan). He came to the Plymouth community in 1938 from Tennessee. Mr. Grimes served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a member of the Mayflower-Lt. Gamble VFW Post No. 6695 for 30 years. He loved to fish, hunt and play baseball. He was a Scout and Den Master while his sons were in scouting. Surviving are his wife, Frances; sons, Dennis (Donna) Grimes of Livonia and Richard (Sandy) Grimes of Brighton; daughter, Franda (Tom) Wegmann of Ann Arbor; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Grimes was preceded in death by his daughter, Carole Seymour. Memorial tributes may be made to the Mayflower-Lt. Gamble Post 6695, 1426 S. Mill, Plymouth, MI 48170 Arrangements by Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, Plymouth. Note: Larry was the son of William Lee and Ethel Bedford Grimes of Obion County.