The late Don Grimes was an honest leader of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and an excellent fishing friend

Don Grimes' obituary appeared in the Northwest Arkansas Times on February 1, 2010.

A memorial service is to begin at 11 a.m. today at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Please use links below to see photos of Don made in the past three years.
http://aubreyshepherd.blogspot.com/search?q=don+grimes
Don Grimes at office of Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning

Don Grimes' family featured Don's favorite old rods and reels along with great selections from family albums during his memorial service at UBC

Link below opens display of old photos of Don Grimes and family along with some of the fishing tackle that Don used thousands of times on Beaver Lake and other fishing holes in the region.
Some of Don Grimes' favorite photos and fishing tackle on display at Memorial Service

Don Grimes' memorial service at 11 a.m. today at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Don Grimes, former city manager of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and former head of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission in Springdale, Arkansas, on April 15, 2009, while visiting old friends.



Please see previous post for link to more photos of Don Grimes from 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Don Grimes, former Fayetteville city manager

Don Grimes, a longtime city manager, points out a special spot on the Fayetteville downtown square.

Don Grimes qualified for 1975 Beaver Lake Bass Fishing Championship

Don Grimes among qualifiers for 1975 Beaver Lake Bass Fishing Qualifiers.

Don Grimes visits friends on April 15, 2009, in old office at Regional Planning Commission

Please click on image to ENLARGE view of Don Grimes, former city manager of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and former head of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission in Springdale, Arkansas, on April 15, 2009, while visiting old friends.

Brad Wiegmann, the Northwest Arkansas outdoor writer, finds old column that mentions the late Don Grimes and Wayne Bickham and other Beaver Lake anglers on the wall of a former Beaver Lake fisherman now guiding in Florida

http://www.bradwiegmann.com/books-and-dvds/54-books-and-dvds/285-cookbook-foWiegmann's Web site linked above offers contact information for Herb Stephen, subject of the article, plus information about Stephen's cookbook for men!

To view the complete old article from the Springdale News, please use link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7295307@N02/sets/72157623336812956

Today's faces from the square

Please click on images to ENLARGE.
Top photo: Longtime city manager Don Grimes.

Second photo: Dick Bennett and Al Vick.

Third photo: Dick Bennett and Miller Williams

Fourth photo: Dan Hale of the Arkansas Democrat/Gazette and Andy Shupe of the Northwest Arkansas Times.