JAMES ANTONIO GRIMES SON, BROTHER, NEPHEW, COUSIN, HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, UNCLE, CONTRIBUTOR, PHILANTHROPIST AND MORE. JAMES, AS OTHERS MAY HAVE KNOWN HIM AND JIMMY AS HIS SIBLINGS KNOW HIM WAS THE FIRST CHILD OF HIS PARENTS, JAMES OSWALD GRIMES (deceased 1986) AND CARMEN POLACK GRIMES (deceased 1972). HIS GRANDPARENTS MIGRATED FROM BARBADOS/GRENADA AND JAMAICA/CUBA. HE WAS BORN AT GORGAS HOSPITAL, CANAL ZONE, PANAMA, REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1942 AND RESIDED IN RED TANK THEN PARAISO, CANAL ZONE UNTIL HE GRADUATED FROM PARAISO HIGH SCHOOL (CLASS OF 1961). THAT SAME YEAR HIS MOTHER AND FAMILY JOINED HIS FATHER (1960) IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. HE NEVER FORGOT HIS PARENTS HUMBLE START AND OFTEN GAVE THANKS FOR HIS QUALITY OF LIFE. JAMES WORKED FOR THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION EARLY IN HIS WORK CAREER UNTIL HE ULTIMATELY BECAME A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, WORKED AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, AND FINALLY AT THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. ALL THESE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITES WERE CARRIED OUT WITH PROFESSIONALISM FOR EXCELLENT SERVICE. IN HIS LIFETIME, HE WAS A CARING FRIEND, WELL TRAVELLED, VERY INTELLIGENT, HAD AN INSATIABLE LOVE FOR READING NOVELS AND ALWAYS HAD HIS BIBLE AT HAND WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THE LORD. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS LOVE OF THE LORD SO MUCH SO THAT HE WAS NOT AFRAID AND WAS READY WHEN THE TIME WAS NEAR. HIS BROTHER, GABRIEL, SHARES SOME THOUGHTS, "JIMMY WAS HIS OWN MAN WITH HIS OWN BELIEFS AND OPINIONS AND WOULD NOT BE DETERRED FROM THEM AND THAT WAS A GOOD THING." ALSO, "JIMMY WAS A SMART GUY THAT WAS NOT SKILLED WITH HIS HANDS AS A YOUNGSTER BUT BECAME A SKILLED CRAFT PERSON WITH TIME", I BET A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW THAT ABOUT HIM. JAMES MARRIED PATRICIA DYETT IN 1963 AND FROM THAT UNION HE HAS THREE CHERISHED CHILDREN: MICHELE G. HOLTE, JAMES GRIMES, AND YVETTE GRIMES. WE KNOW THAT JAMES LOVED AND WAS LOVED BY HIS FAMILY AS MICHELE SHARES THESE WARM WORDS: "MY DAD WAS A GREAT FATHER WHO LAVISHED SO MUCH LOVE AND CARE ON HIS CHILDREN. I AM SO GRATEFUL WE HAD ALL THIS TIME TOGETHER. HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT BEING A GOOD FINANCIAL STEWARD AND HIS GENEROSITY KNEW NO BOUNDS. HE CONSTANTLY PRAISED THE LORD AND I SAW THE LOVE OF CHRIST REFLECTED IN HIS LIFE. ISAIAH 57:1-2 COMFORTS ME. I MISS HIM SO MUCH AND LOVE HIM DEEPLY". JAMES LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS VERY LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE: HILDA MARIA YOUNG GRIMES, HIS SIBLINGS: VILMA G. GODBOLT, GABRIEL GRIMES, CARMEN G. ECCLES, SANDRA GRIMES, ADOPTED SON: MARCO, 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, MANY OTHER LOVING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. JAMES IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SIBLINGS, JOSE GRIMES (1999), AND ANITA G. SMITH (2011). WE REMAIN COMFORTED BELIEVING THAT OUR RELATIVES GONE BEFORE HIM WILL MEET HIM AND SHOW HIM THE WAY. OUR HEARTS WILL REMAIN WARM AND A SMILE WILL CROSS OUR LIPS AS WE RECALL TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER. WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!!! A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Hodges Family Funeral Home in Dade City, Florida. A time of visitation will take place prior to services from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow services at Chapel Hill Gardens in Dade City, Florida. The family requests that COVID guideless are followed. Please wear masks and keep distance. Visitation Hodges Family Funeral Home (Dade) Tuesday, December 20, 2022 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 11441 US HIGHWAY 301 Dade City, Florida 33525 Funeral Service Hodges Family Funeral Home (Dade) Tuesday, December 20, 2022 10:00 AM 11441 US HIGHWAY 301 Dade City, Florida 33525 Committal Service Chapel Hill Gardens Tuesday, December 20, 2022 11531 Hwy 301 Dade City, Florida 33525