When Raymond Joseph Sims was born on 1 March 1934, in Slate, Wood, West Virginia, United States, his father, Fredrick Joseph Simms, was 30 and his mother, Gladys Mae Reynolds, was 25. He married Betty Elizabeth Bell on 24 November 1954, in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Wood, West Virginia, United States in 1935. He died on 22 December 1989, in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 55.