Dorothy Grimes

April 20, 1936 - January 8, 2015

AMERICUS, GA - Dorothy Martin Grimes, 78, of Americus, GA, passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Montezuma Health and Rehabilitation. Visitation is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Watson-Mathews Funeral Home in Montezuma, GA. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday, January 11, 2015 in the Chapel of Watson-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Price officiating. Burial will follow in Bertha Dozier Memorial Park. Mrs. Grimes was born April 20, 1936 in Morristown, TN to the late Dennis Lee Martin and Virgie Beatrice Clevenger Martin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marcus “Jerry” Gerald Grimes, two brothers: Eugene Martin and Ralph Martin, and a sister, Virginia Martin Smith. Mrs. Grimes is survived by two daughters: Elisa (Harry) Smith of Opelika, AL, and Melinda (James) Harp of Americus, GA; seven grandchildren: Crystal Nichols, Nikki Anglin, Brooke Barkley, Jesse Peaster, Casey Austin, Michael Grimes, and Gerald Harp; and thirteen great-grandchildren. Friends may view and sign the online guestbook at www.watsonmathewsfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Watson-Mathews Funeral Home, Montezuma, GA.