SGM Samuel Edward Grimes

March 6, 1928 - February 28, 2015

SGM (RET) SAMUEL E. GRIMES NEW HARMONY, INDIANA SGM (Ret) Samuel Edward Grimes, 86, died on February 28, 2015 at Gulf Side Hospice in Zephyrhills, Florida. SGM Grimes was born March 6, 1928 in Harmony Township, Indiana to Samuel Edward Grimes, Sr. and Viola Esther (Smith) Grimes. He was a 1946 graduate of New Harmony High School. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1947 and retired in 1976 after serving for more than 28 years. He was stationed in Germany, Japan, Korea and Vietnam with a few years in the United States. His decorations and awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster, Good Conduct Medal (9th award), Army of Occupation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 5 battle stars and Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. He was a member of American Legion Post. He was preceded in death by his parents; paternal grandparents: Henry A. Grimes and Eunice (Kivett) Grimes; maternal grandparents: John Clark Smith and Rosella (Anderson) Smith; aunt: Bonnie (Grimes) Green; step-father: Horace Hames; sister: Marilyn (Grimes) Cox and step-sister: Emily Joyce (Hames) Artin. Surviving SGM Grimes are his half-sister: Ruth Ann (Hames) Grebe; niece: Marlessa Amy Jodene Crocker; nephew: Jeffrey Alan Crocker; great nieces: Gabrielle Lauren Crocker and Hannah Leigh Nitchals; great nephew: Garrison Andrew Dalton Crocker; cousins: Patricia Sue (Smith) Dowdy, Karen Elaine (Smith) Campbell and Morris Knight; wonderful, loving caregivers: Larry Whitaker of Zephyrhills, Florida and Diana Johnson of Harvard, Nebraska. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the Werry Funeral Home in New Harmony, Indiana with Rev. John Adams officiating. Burial with full military honors will be at Maple Hill Cemetery in New Harmony, Indiana. Friends may call 12 noon until service time Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to: Johnson United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 515, New Harmony, Indiana 47631 or to Maple Hill Cemetery, P.O. Box 340, New Harmony, Indiana 47631.