When Raymond Jewel Sims was born on 3 February 1909, in Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, Comer Harder Sims, was 29 and his mother, Sallie D Brooks, was 28. He married Floy Lucille Clark on 25 December 1931, in Ellis, Texas, United States. He lived in Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 December 2001, in Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Duncanville, Dallas, Texas, United States.