A funeral service took place July 18 at the Ocean Avenue Baptist Church, Jersey City, for Pearl W. Grimes of Jersey City. She passed away peacefully at Care Point Health – Bayonne Medical Center on July 7. She was a longtime member of the Ocean Avenue Baptist Church.
Pearl was a community activist and a lifetime member of the Jersey City Branch of the NAACP. Many of her activities included volunteering at the American Cancer Society , the Hudson Cradle Group, and Citywide Parent’s Council. As an Eastern Star, she belonged to Queen Esther Chapter No. 2, Prince Hall Affiliation, serving as a Past Worthy Matron who served at all five stations.
She was the wife of the late Robert Grimes Jr.; mother of Sylvia, Sidney, Stanley, and Stacey Grimes and the late Shaundra Dale; grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of four; daughter of the late Rev. Moses A. Lee Jr. and the late Lucretia Nesbitt Lee; sister of Annie Gillens, Elizabeth Williams, Emma Lasane, Jennis and Fred Lee, Olivia Laval, Catherine Gourdine, Sarah Bennett, Emma Lee, Willis and Samuel Ferguson and the late Ronnell James, Maude, Steven, Hezekiah and Benjamin Lee. Also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Services arranged by the Charles A. West Funeral and Cremation Service, Bayonne.