Basil Ray Sims

1915 - 2001  (86 years)

• Name	Basil Ray Sims
  Birth	30 Mar 1915	Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Sep 2001	Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, VA   [5]
  Burial	23 Sep 2001	Sewell Valley Baptist Church Cemetery   [3]
  Person ID	I799	Crane Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Jesse Hollen Sims,   b. 1 Jul 1887, Dennis, Greenbrier County, WV d. 24 Nov 1961, East Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Bertha Jane Crookshanks,   b. 27 Apr 1891, Greenbrier County, WV d. 23 May 1982 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1911	Greenbrier County, WV   [6]
  Family ID	F199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Kathleen Carr
  Marriage	Y  [4, 7]
  Children	1. Jerry Lee Cook   2. Judy Rae Sims
  Family ID	F2309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Clarice Jean Bowles,   b. 23 Jun 1924, Hump Mountain, Summers County, WV d. 16 Sep 2000, Lockbridge, Summers County, WV (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Y  [8, 9]
  Children	1. Patricia Sims
  Family ID	F1604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S113] A. Simms to D. Benelli, 17 Aug 1999, 38. [S377] Newspaper Item, Obituary, Simms, Blendon C., Sr., (From the collection of Audrey Lynn Simms), 5047. [S457] Newspaper Item, Obituary, Sims, Basil R., 5047. [S654] Pruitt, Crookshanks FGS, 37. [S457] Newspaper Item, Obituary, Sims, Basil R., 13 Sep 2013, 5047. (Reliability: 2). [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 27 Mar 2020, 15. (Reliability: 3). Book 1B, Page 193, Year of 1911, Line 3. [S640] Ann Neff Estep, Neff - Hickman FGS, (12 Mar 2003), 37. [S343] A. Simms to M. Pavesi, 28 May 2001, 38. [S409] Newspaper Item, Obituary, Bowles, Clarice, (From the collection of Audrey Lynn Simms), 5047.