Trina Grimes Biography
Born in Baton Rouge Lousiana, Trina Grimes is an American television personality who was best known as the wife of the late Edwin Edwards.
Grimes was also well known for her reality show, The Governor’s Wife, which aired on the Arts & Entertainment Network in 2013.
Trina Grimes Age
Grimes is 42 years old as of 2021. She is 51 years younger than her late husband Edwin Edwards.
Trina Grimes Family
As of now, there is no information available about her parents or siblings. She has managed to keep her family away from the limelight. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Trina Grimes Husband
Grimes was married to Edwin Edwards, the former Governor of Louisiana, until the time of his death on July 12, 2021. She and Edward got married on July 29, 2011, at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans.
Grimes was his prison pen pal and she is a republican. The couple had a reality show The Governor’s Wife, which premiered on October 27, 2013, on the Arts & Entertainment Network.
Edwards had previously been married twice. His first marriage was to Elaine Schwartzenburg in 1949. The two had met at Marksville High School and together they had four children; Anna, Victoria, Stephen, and David. They eventually divorced on July 1, 1989.
Later in 1994, Edwards married his second wife, Candy Picou. He eventually filed for divorce while in prison and it was officially finalized in 2004.
Trina Grimes Son
On February 15, 2013, Grimes and her husband Edward announced that they were expecting a child. Later on August 1, 2013, Trina gave birth to their son. They named him Eli Wallace Edwards.
Trina Grimes Job
Grimes is a television personality. She is well known for her reality show, The Governor’s Wife, which aired on the Arts & Entertainment Network.
The show focused on Trina’s rearing of teenaged sons and acting as stepmother to Edwards’ daughters who are almost twice her age.
Edwin Edwards Death
Edwards died on July 12, 2021, at the age of 93 years. His death occurred just six days after he was sent to hospice care for pain in his lungs in Gonzales, Louisiana on July 6, 2021.
In recent years, Edwards had had a couple of health issues. For example, in 2015, was hospitalized for pneumonia and later in 2016 was hospitalized under stable condition again for pneumonia in Baton Rouge.
In November 2020. Edwin Edwards was rushed to the hospital again by ambulance with shortness of breath. He later returned home after spending two nights at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center in Baton Rouge.
Trina Grimes Net Worth
It is not yet known how much Trina is worth. However, her later husband Edwin, had an estimated net worth of around $10 million.