Coriene Grimsley

Coriene Grimsley, age 87, of Levelland, passed from this life to her Eternal Home on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022, at First Baptist Church in Levelland. Interment was at 2 p.m. at Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery. Coriene was born Aug. 11, 1935, in Parmer County, Texas, to Hazel Edward and Gladys Brown Wimberley. She married Mark Grimsley on Oct. 31, 1953 in Muleshoe, Texas. During their 69 years of marriage, they lived in Muleshoe; Hereford; Soper, Okla.; and in Levelland. Coriene worked as an administrative assistant in Muleshoe ISD, Hereford ISD, and Hugo City ISD. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Levelland, where she was a member of the Sonshine Choir.

Coriene is preceded in death by her parents, H.E. and Gladys Wimberley; sons: Michael Robert Grimsley and Stephen Mark Grimsley; grandson, Trey Oakley; and brother, Marshall Wimberley.

Left to cherish Coriene’s memory are her loving family: husband, Mark Grimsley of Levelland, Texas; daughters: Donna Bradshaw (Wes) of Ropesville, Texas, Susan De Loe (Dewey) of Kaufman, Texas, Karen Hart (Dennis) of Wolfforth, Texas, Patricia Oakley (Wyatt) of Stamford, Texas, Jana Grimsley of Weatherford, Texas; and son, Richard Grimsley of Kaufman, Texas; daughter-in-law, Joan Grimsley of Friona, Texas; brothers: Lonell Wimberley (Eleane) of Granbury, Texas, and Gerald Wimberley (Natalia) of Wichita Falls, Texas. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made in Coriene’s memory to Gideons International or to Samaritan’s Purse.

Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of the professionals at Krestridge Funeral Home.

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