A Montgomery County, Tennessee judge has died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.
Judge Raymond Grimes, a general sessions and juvenile judge in Montgomery County, passed away Thursday at the age of 73 after being hospitalized with the virus for several days, according to a news release.
He was first elected to the bench in 1998 and was reelected multiple times, most recently in 2014. He earned his law degree from the University of Memphis in 1981 and practiced in Clarksville before becoming a judge. He also served as a Montgomery County Commissioner from 1994-1998.
Judge Grimes served as a judge for the Montgomery County Drug Court since its inception in 2005.