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Sailor Rest Your Oars

Benjamin (Ben) Franklin Grimes, Sr.,  88, a senior member of Submarine Veterans of North Carolina, set sail Monday, February 16, 2004 on eternal patrol.

He served 20 years in the U.S. Navy, 12 of which were spent aboard the submarines, USS O-4 (SS-65), USS S-29 (SS-134), and USS SHAD (SS-235).

He is Survived by his wife Ruth Hurley Grimes; three children, Benjamin Franklin Grimes, Jr., of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dotty Dail of Charlotte, NC and Barbara Adams of Smithfield, NC; six grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

Shipmate we have the Watch