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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 30, 2020

Judge Lloyd Raymond Grimes, a general sessions and juvenile court judge in Montgomery County, died Thursday after being hospitalized with the COVID-19 virus for several days. He was 73. Grimes earned his law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law in 1980, and practiced in Clarksville before becoming a judge in 1998. He also served as a judge for the Montgomery County Drug Court beginning with its inception in 2005. Grimes served as president of the Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in 2010, and received the McCain-Abernathy Memorial Award from the council in 2011. He also served as a Montgomery County Commissioner for several years. A celebration of life will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. CST at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Montgomery County Recovery Court, 2 Millennium Plaza, Clarksville, TN 37040.