When Raymond Lowal Sims was born on 25 October 1924, in Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas, United States, his father, Clarence Myron Sims, was 24 and his mother, Dorothy Delena Marshall, was 15. He lived in Farmersville, Collin, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 2, Collin, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 9 April 1955, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas, United States.