Raymond E Sims
1921–2004 (Age 82)
Indiana, United States
The Life of Raymond E
When Raymond E Sims was born on 20 December 1921, in Indiana, United States, his father, George Sims, was 32 and his mother, Flossie May Parker, was 18. He died on 10 May 2004, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 82.
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Family Time Line
George Sims
1888–1947
Flossie May Parker
1903–1996
Raymond E Sims
1921–2004
Oren Benjamin Sims
1922–1986
Parents & Siblings
1888–1947Male
- Flossie May Parker
1903–1996Female
siblings
(2)
1921–2004Male
1922–1986Male
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 2
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1941 · The Tuskegee Airmen
Age 20
The first African-American military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps were known as the Tuskegee Airmen, after the Tuskegee Army Air Field where they trained. The group flew over 15,000 individual sorties during World War II which earned them over 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses.
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 23
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Sim .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
E Raymond Sims in entry for Oren Benjamin Sims and Doris Louise Boyll, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"- Legacy NFS Source: Raymond E Sims - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Raymond E Sims
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