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Timothy Scott Imes
August 9, 1957 ~ October 25, 2020 (age 63)
Tribute
Timothy Scott Imes, 63 of Ashland, KY, passed away at Kings Daughters Medical Center on October 25, 2020. He was born on August 9, 1957 to the late Wilford Maxwell and Lola Lucille Jordan Imes. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his beloved fur baby Duke Beauregard.
Tim was a graduate of Paul G. Blazer class of 1975, and was an electronics technician for AK Steel for 30 years and was a former President of Steelworkers Local 1865. He was also a lifetime member of Elks BPOE 350 and loved collecting sports memorabilia and baseball cards. He also had a passion for vintage cars.
He is survived by his loving wife of 34 years and love of his life, Dr. Susan Berry Imes of Ashland, KY. They celebrated their wedding anniversary on the day he passed away. Tim is also survived by an uncle William Griggs of Ashland, KY; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Richard and Stacy Keelin of Ashland, KY and their children Jon and Ryan Keelin and a great nephew Rylan Keelin; a nephew Jay Christopher Duvall (Kimberly) of Sandy Hook and their children Samuel, Jacob and Jenna; a niece Rachel Duvall Morris (Jason) of Ashland, KY and their children Jackson, Owen, Seth and Evan; a niece Johanna Evans King of Ft. Thomas, KY and her children Gray, Linus, George and Henry and her fur baby Stella; his precious fur baby Pandora Hope; longtime friend and classmate Robbie Brooks (Jackie) and their children Shawn and Alicia of Fulshear, TX; his best friend Jimmy Crooks (Faye); and other special friends Mary and Steve Lester, Brandon Williams who shared his love of collecting sports memorabilia, as well as his AK Steel family and the neighbors who were like family.
Graveside funeral services will be held on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 2:30 PM at Ashland Cemetery Mausoleum with Pastor Tom Epperly officiating. Burial will follow in Ashland Cemetery. A private visitation will be held at Steen Funeral Home. Due to Covid 19 we will follow state guidelines and ask that all persons attending the visitation or funeral services please wear a mask.
In lieu of flowers friends may make contributions to AARF, 12365 Kevin Avenue, Ashland, KY
41102.
Online condolences may be made to www.steenfuneralhome.com
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Carol Walker
So very sorry to hear of Tim's passing. He made me laugh so hard in classes at Putnam. Happy to have seen him at one of the last reunions we had. May he rest in peace.
Mike Gothard
I am saddened to hear of Tim's passing. May God bless Tim's family and friends during this time of loss. He always had a way to make others smile! RIP big guy!
Robbie Brooks
When we moved to Ashland I met Tim in third grade at Oakview.The following year we were on the Tigers Little League baseball team.His Father died and his Mom and my Mom became friends as single Moms were looked down on in those days.We did every thing together. We were like brothers and still were to this day. Oh got mad at me when I moved to Texas in 1985 and to the last time I spoke with him a few weeks ago he would always ask me when I was moving back home!!! I could tell you 100's of stories about Tim that would make you laugh,the one thing about Tim was he had a huge heart and when you were his friend he loved you to infinity. I'll miss this guy more than you will ever know.Love you brother now go RIP.
Marcia Wilson (Hermann)
The Ashland Beacon
I want to tell you a story about love, loss, and friendship. This story begins with a beautiful, loving wife named Dr. Susan Imes and the passing of her husband, Timothy Scott Imes, an incredible man that was well known in our community. He was the president of Steelworkers local 1865, a lifelong member of the Elks BPOE 350, and God had called him home too early.
After 34 years of marriage, Dr. Imes was now tasked with going through Tim’s cherished items that had been collected and boxed up throughout the decades of his life. Tim had a tendancy to hold onto things, and much of his life was portrayed in the possessions he left behind. He collected sports memorabilia, and in his things were the pictures of his Little League team, The Tigers, a team that formed so much of who Tim later became as an adult.
While Tim met what would soon to be his lifelong friend in the third grade at Oakview Elementary, it wasn't until he began playing baseball on the Tigers that he cemented his friendship with a guy named Robbie Brooks. Both boys were without their fathers, and as life has a way of steering us together, even their mothers became friends.
Their coaches, John Delaney and PD Hemlepp, taught the boys how to become a team and count on each other. They learned to work for a common goal and be loyal to each other, and the Tigers even won the city championship in 1969. Victories often give young children the confidence to take on even more significant challenges, and that was the case for these best buddies.
As they grew up and got married, Brook's wife, Jackie, worked for Ashland Oil, and Robbie worked for Adkins Hardware, but Jackie's job was going to require the Brooks to move to Texas. However, they stayed in touch and got together every chance they could. This ties that bound their friendship, beginning on the ballfield, could not be broken. Nothing, even thousands of miles, was going to stand in the way of their forever friendship.
As Dr. Imes reflected on her husband's life, she wanted to do something that would pay tribute to him and at the same time give other young children the chance to play Little League Baseball. So she decided to create the Imes/Brooks Scholarship fund. She got in touch with Don Ashby, president of the Ashland Little League, to put together this scholarship. While all of the details are still being worked out, it will be ready in time for next season. Dr. Imes wants this fund to help disadvantaged youth that might otherwise not get to play. She is also asking for equipment to be donated to the Ashland Little League; you can contact her by emailing her- Imes@marshall.edu for more information.
Many of us look for that one love all our life, and our friends come and go. Tim Imes had both - a wife who loved and cherished him, and a friend who speaks of him like family even today. There is an old song by Johnny Cash called "Just trying to leave something behind." The Imes/Brooks Scholarship Fund is just that, a living legacy of a couple of guys who got the most from Little League Baseball, and a loving wife that wants it to continue.
The Ashland Little League's opening game was this past Friday, and the Imes and Brooks families got to throw out the first two pitches. The Braves and Orioles had Brooks and Imes printed on the back of their Tigers jerseys that they wore in honor of Tim and Robbie along with there numbers that they had in Little League - 2 and 3. After talking to Dr. Susan Berry Imes, I have a deep respect for her effort to do something good and help others as she does it. The love for her husband shines through the tears of loss to bring a little happiness to others.