When Raymond Edward Sims was born on 22 October 1891, in Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States, his father, William Harry Sims, was 26 and his mother, Martha Crowell, was 20. He married Doris Elvaetta Tozier on 12 November 1914, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Compton Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 24 February 1967, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 75.