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Calvin Grimes Obituary
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for Calvin Grimes
23 Entries
Darshell
April 20, 2011
God is near to those that are broken at heart and he is a refuge and strength, a help that is readily to be found during distress(Psalms 46:1). May the God of all comfort grant you the strength that you need during this time of grief and loss.
April 19, 2011
My condolences to the family of Dr. Calvin B. Grimes. His love of music and helping others to appreciate that music has power is in harmony with God's Word the Bible. It can calm us, stir us, and lift our spirits. It can express both our joys and our sorrows. Common to virtually all cultures—past and present—music is a language of both the mind and the heart. Yes, music truly is a gift from God.—Genesis 4:21. God's Kingdom at Matthew 6:9 will soon bring about a time when we can all truly appreciate good music in a paradise earth, where death will be no more.
PG
K Lovette
April 18, 2011
My deepest sympathies are with the family of Dr. Calvin B Grimes. May God's words bring you comfort during this difficult time.(Isaiah 26:19)
Harold Ellis
April 18, 2011
Dr. Grimes was a great mentor and leader, he will be truly be missed, thank you for all of those Kappa moments...your Kappa and Morehouse brother....Harold Ellis
valerie valentine
April 18, 2011
Soon, all earth's woes will be a thing of the past. Revelation 21: 4 gives us this assurance. I hope God's Words give you comfort at this difficult time.
C. G.
April 16, 2011
God will be your craig and your stronghold. God is a refuge and strength a help readily found. (Ps.31:3,4) I send my sincere condolences.
Illya Davis
April 15, 2011
I indeed miss you Dr. Grimes!
JM
April 15, 2011
To The Family of Dr. Calvin B. Grimes,
I would like to exend my condolences. What a wonderful legacy to treasure. May the music he played and shared always inspire you. As you face the days ahead, look to God for comfort.(2 Corinthians 1:4)
Mary Frederica Johnson
April 15, 2011
This is one of the hardest condolences I have had to write because of the closenes of our Athens families. My family was Calvin's family and his family was my family. His grandmother and my grandmother were like sisters. His father, John R. and my mother Lucy Maxwell Johnson were the best of friends. To sum it all up, Calvin and I were like sister and brother. When Calvin married Fannie, I was one of the bridesmaids. Even though Calvin and I had lost touch, I will always remember that hardy laugh no one but Calvin could do. He was a mentor that no one could ever forget. I think I got my perfectionism from him because I admired that so much in him. If it was not right, he would tell me, "Mary you can just forget it". I remember when I started to teach he told me nothing but the best is acceptable and I never forgot that. Love always,
Rev. Carole King
April 15, 2011
To The Family,
I was a part of the Clark College Philharmonic Society and I remember Dr. Grimes so very well. I was a music major and I remember all he taught me. He will be missed by so many. For he touched the lives of many. Rest now Dr. Grimes, your work was well done.
God Bless you
Rev. Carole King
Sylvia Palmore Towers
April 15, 2011
To the Family,
As I recall,Dr. Grimes,I smile at some of the wonderful times I encountered at Clark College,while under his direction in the Philharmonic Society. He was indeed a wonderful professor and friend. I will miss him, but I know he is busy in the Music Dept above.
God bless you.
A O
April 15, 2011
To The Family of Dr. Grimes,
My prayers are with you and your family. What a loss! Dr. Grimes brought so much
to everyone,such a giving person. May all the thoughts of his life, be of comfort to you and your family, in addition to the kind words mentioned at 2 Thess. 2:16, which says;
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.
May this and your good memories help you through these hard times.
Sincerely,
April 15, 2011
I first met Calvin Grimes while a student and member of the Morehouse College Glee Club in 1977. This was the beginning of a friendship. When I graduated from Morehouse, I was always happy to see Dr. Grimes on my visits back to campus during my graduate school years. He was always so welcoming and so instructive about the ways that Morehouse had changed and remained the same. I was so happy to reunite with him upon my move back to Atlanta in 1992. He then became an extended member of my family. I am so happy that my wife and children got to know him, and that he connected with my son when he matriculated at Morehouse beginning in 2005. I long for our talks, and I will remember our visits and shared meals. Calvin, Lily and I will always remember you and invoke your name in years to come.
Our love always,
George
Ruby Damiel
April 14, 2011
It was a shock to learn of Calvin's passing. We went to elementary school together in Athens. I did not see Calvin often but when I did it was a pleasure. He was always a very studious person. Those students whose lives he touch will truly miss him.
God knows best, and he always take the best.
God bless the family.
Ruby Elaine Daniel
Jacqueline Williams Gaither
April 14, 2011
My friendship with Calvin(Dr. Grimes) spans some six decades. What a joy and blessing to have had him be a part of my life for such a long time. May God bless his family and friends which includes me as we grapple with the tremendous loss of such a giant in our lives.
John and Jacqueline(Jackie Williams)Gaither - Athens/Decatur,GA
Constance Willingham
April 13, 2011
Michael and I have so many fond and loving memories all the laughs that we had together. We cherish those times that we spent with Calvin.
Constance & Michael Willingham
lena carr
April 13, 2011
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Gloria Gaston
April 12, 2011
I am honored to call you a friend.
You helped me express and release the music that had been trapped within and almost forgotten. Thank you
I will miss you
J Michael Willingham,Sr
April 11, 2011
Calvin, you know we will miss you, but expect to see you again across the Jordan! You were a precious and gracious friend and the consummate host on our campus! We are blesed to have had you in our lives! You brought other people I now cherish into my life!
We sincerely share with your family at this time.
J Michael and Constanceh
William Gayleano Murray
April 9, 2011
Dr. Grimes was a genuine good guy. God Bless him.
Nathan and Mary
April 8, 2011
Dear Grimes family,
We send our love and sympathies to all of you.
Rev 21:3,4
Chris Williams
April 8, 2011
May the God of all comfort help your family through this hard time and give you peace. (2 Thess. 2:16)
Van Fortson
April 8, 2011
Dr. Calvin Grimes passed into Glory on Thursday, April 7th, 2011. ?He was an important professor to many a Morehouse Man. He was important to me as a student, my work study supervisor after Dr. Whalum. ?However, it was after I graduated that he became a friend.
I will miss his calls, our conversations and his visits to New York.
This picture is very personal to me. It was taken early in December.
While visiting my parents, I stopped in Atlanta and spent the night at Dr. Grimes' Home. What a wonderful time we had, just talkin' up old times and old souls - late into the night.
We had breakfast the following morning at IHOP, both of us returned home & napped while the living room TV 'watched us'.
He then took me to campus for a walk thru, as we had done so many times before at the end/beginning of the year.
This time he gave me a tour of the new music building.
I was completely in awe; he, completely proud.
I asked him to break the quiet in the auditorium by disturbing
that huge piano on the stage.
He played, I listened and took this snap shot.
We then went to King Chapel for the Christmas Carol Concert.
He, like so many of my elders, sat with a special stillness.
I believe this to be one of the rewards earned by those with great discipline, great wisdom and the ability to listen to the present and effortlessly recall the structures upon which present has been built. This is oft done in the blink of an eye. Those who are unaware, sadly, will miss it. I endeavored to emulate his model.
He still possessed the fire that allowed him to admonish his younger and much larger neighbor to his left, not to applaud at the concert’s end to catch the chorus’ echoed ’Amen’. He concluded to the youngster, looking over his glasses, “See...see what you would have missed?”.
We then had dinner, bid our farewells and exchanged the brutha’s hug. Only this time, we seemed to hold it just a hair longer, not unlike Senior Banquet 1987.
Dr. Grimes called me on Tuesday Night. He stated that he couldn’t talk long as he did not feel terribly well. I attempted to cheer him up by speaking of his eventual recovery and the future. He listened patiently, attempted a chuckle. He then said that he just wanted to check in...and I knew - and had the knowing of the ‘eternity is in it’ of that moment. A tremendous blessing of an elder, now ancestor.
We again said farewell and exchanged ‘Luv U’.
He made sure that our friendship was solid right up to the end.
These things are as precious, and are as untouchable as they are real.
I will always take them with me.
Dignity, honor, nobility and the truth that is brotherhood.
I ‘Luv U’ Dr. Grimes, for all that you gave and continue to give me.
My times continue to move, but you, like Carol Mitchell-Leon, like Dr. Mapp, Dr. Clark, like Mr. McLaurin, like Professor Blocker and so many others, continue to keep me strong.
...And this you do, from a stillness.
Thank you.
Van Fortson
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