Ruth Grimes, daughter of the late John Parks and Goldie Locke Parks, was born on January 17, 1930, in Dudley, Missouri and departed this life on September 11, 2024, at Memory Lane Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94 years.

Mrs. Grimes had worked for the International Hat Factory and WW Wood. She was a member of Faith Community Church in Dudley, Missouri, and a resident of Dudley. She loved working crossword puzzles, reading, singing old hymns in church, and feeding her family.

She is survived by four sons, Dennis Parks and wife Jessie of Dudley, Missouri, Jimmy Grimes and wife Samia of Ft. Myers, Florida, Chris Grimes of Dudley, Missouri, and Floyd Parks of Pontiac, Michigan; by her daughter, Janice Traitor of Pontiac, Michigan; and by fourteen grandchildren, and twenty-one great-grandchildren.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Johnny Grimes; by her daughter, Vickie Newcombe; and by five brothers, three sisters, four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, September 15, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.