An educator who committed his life to children — as a highly recognized teacher, coach and a legal advocate for kids’ best interests — has died.
Chuck Grimes succumbed to cancer Thursday at his Columbus home at the age of 71, after more than two weeks in hospice care.
Grimes spent 43 years in education, retiring in June 2011. He served mostly as a sixth-grade language arts teacher in Columbus at Southside, which has been a junior high and most recently an elementary school.
He earned the Edna V. Folger Award in 2003 as the outstanding teacher for Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp., presented by the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce.
Grimes also coached at the elementary, middle school and high school levels in golf, basketball, cross country and baseball — best known for his work in golf, leading Columbus North to a pair of state runner-up finishes in nearly two decades running the program.
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