Paul Sevier Sims was born 18 November 1926. He was the son of Albert Sevier Sims and Essie Lee Ora Teague. Paul and his father were inducted in the Naval recruiting station in Chattanooga, Jan. 11, 1944. The Sims family had three other sons who volunteered for service. William H. Sims, Marlin Grice Sims and Samuel Eugene Sims.
Died 6 May 1945
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class
Buried at Corozal American Cemetrery and Memorial, Panama City, Panama.
The Chattanooga Daily Times, 15 January 1944
Albert Sims, 44, veteran of World War I and former policeman of Athens, has followed in the footsteps of his four sons and enlisted in the United States Navy. All five member of the Athens family, father and sons, volunteered for service. Sims and his youngest son, Paul Sevier Sims, 17, were inducted in the naval recruiting station in Chattanooga Tuesday, Jan. 11, and will report next Monday for assignment. It is believed the Sims family has broke previous records in McMinn County, that of five members of one family, including the father, being in one branch of the armed forces. Sims stated that officers at the recruiting office in Chattanooga declared it has broken all their previous records. The sons are as follows; William H. Sims, 28, warrant officer, Pearl Harbor, in service 10 years. Marling Grice Sims, 24, seaman first class, submarine, now in Hawaiian Islands, in service two years. Samuel Eugene Sims, 19, navy air corps, mechanic mate, “somewhere” in the South Pacific, in service two years. Paul Sevier Sims, 17, inducted Jan. 11. William H. Sims is the only one of the four that is married. His wife and son are in California. Mr. Sims stated today: “I have been wanting to get in this scrap ever since the beginning of World War II. I would like to get over there and take a crack at the Japs and hope when the time comes and the Allies plunge in and wipe out the Japanese, I can have a ringside position.” And “Pa” Sims is well qualified to aid the demolishment of the enemy nations, for he is an expert rifleman and pistol expert. In fact today he could handle all the smaller weapons, but the big aircraft and other big guns: “Well I would have to have some training on them,” he announced. In World War I, then a youth of 19, Sims was with Company I, of which the late Karl Schumman of Athens was captain, and saw service on the Mexican border. He said he did not get to go across in the other conflict, but was ready to go any place where he was most needed now – and expressed hope it would be “over there.” Sims was a city policeman in Athens for nine years. For three years he served as a deputy prohibition officer in the East Tennessee division. For 16 years he was a member of Athens unit of the state guard, then Company E, serving under Capt. Herman Lee Moses, who is now a major in the U.S. Army. Sims is a member of the McMinn County Post 68, American Legion.
- Rank: Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class
- Date of birth: 18 November 1926
- Date of death: 6 May 1945
- County: McMinn
- Hometown: Athens
- Service Branch: Navy
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Corozal American Cemetrery and Memorial, Panama City, Panama
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XV, Bottom Panel
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