Wayne Burl Grimes

Rev. Wayne Burl Grimes

November 12, 1936 - March 24, 2025

On March 24, 2025, Wayne Burl Grimes returned home to his Heavenly Father. Wayne was born November 12, 1936 in Little Rock Arkansas to Brinton Lee Grimes and Lillie Mae Burton. He graduated Little Rock Central High School in 1954, and 10 years later, married the love of his life, Wilma, with whom he shared 56 wonderful years.

At the age of 12, Wayne gave his heart and life to Jesus Christ and never looked back. He attended Jacksonville Baptist College, Conway Baptist College, B.M.A. Seminary, and graduated with a Bachelor of Theology. He made many lifelong friendships and touched countless lives through the churches he pastored in Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee.

After Wayne no longer pastored, he continued to live out his testimony and touch lives as a mighty Prayer Warrior and beloved friend. He never hesitated to share his faith and love for Jesus with everyone he met, even to the very end (as he had the nurses pausing to watch his online church service with him Sunday morning).

Wayne is survived by his son, Mark Steven Grimes (Katherine); his son Walter Brinton Grimes; his daughter Linda Grimes Ray (Brian); his three grandchildren, Ashley, Taylor, and Hunter; a great­ granddaughter Mia; his sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws, Sondra and J.C. Newman and Ginger and Gary Price; many nieces/great-nieces and nephews/great-nephews, and his dearest furry companion Donnie Boy.

Wayne's kind heart, gentle spirit, and intercessory prayers will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him, but today and forever more, in the words of Wayne, he is celebrating his pain free life with his ''Sweet Girl and Jesus."

Family will receive friends 5:00-7:00pm Friday, March 28, 2025, at Mynatt Funeral Home, Fountain City Chapel, with service to follow at 7:00pm, Rev. John Brock officiating. Family and friends will meet 10:45am Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Shoffner Cemetery in Sharp's Chapel for an 11:00am interment. Online condolences may be expressed at www.mynattfh.com