Camilla Davis Sims was the daughter of Joseph Noah and Nancy Jane Copeland Davis, and part of a family of six sons and four daughters. She is found in her son's book, "The Pariss Sims Family and Related Families 1765-1965." In chapter seven it states, "She was born in Wayne Co., Aug., 23, 1873; died at the home of her oldest son., Almon J. Sims, Knoxville, Aug., 10, 1958."

We also know from this book that, "Both he (M.J. Sims) and my mother (Camilla), had attended a Normal School in another county, some distance from home, and had received teacher's certificates," and, "For a couple of years he and mother operated a boarding house for a school that had been started at Martin's Mill, a thriving community of lower Indian Creek."

She married Matthew Josiah Sims 7 Oct 1891. They were married for over 60 years. Their children were:
- Almon James
- Mergie Eleanor
- Raymond
- Wibur Shields
- Vernon Wakefield

Camilla Davis Sims is found In the following US Federal Census records:
- 1880 in Wayne Co., Tn with living with her parents
- 1900 in Wayne Co., Tn with her spouse, Matthew Josiah Sims, and three children
- 1910 in Lawrence Co., Tn with her spouse and five children
- 1920 in Lawrence Co., Tn with her spouse and four children
- 1930 in Knox Co., Tn with her spouse and their son, Vernon, the only child in the home
- 1940 Knox Co., Tn with her spouse

We know from an old photograph, Camilla belonged to a Home Demonstration Club in 1916 in Lawrence Co., Tn.

Her son's book goes on to reveal, "...Then came the farm depression of the 1920s, following WW1, and again he (M.J. Sims) was almost wiped out financially. By that time he had retired from active farming except with tenants, and was living in a home in Lawrenceburg which he had been able to salvage from his farm losses. In 1925, he and mother (Camilla) moved to Knoxville, where they operated a small poultry farm for several years, until he retired in 1942."

Her grandaughter, Mary Huffaker, remembers a time when the family shared a house on Dutch Valley Rd. Camilla's son, Almon J. was having a house built. During this time Camilla had an orchard and dried apples in a screen room, for dried apple pies. When asked about some problem or a detail in a person's appearance, Camilla is quoted by Mary as saying, "It will never be seen on a flying horse."

Her great grandchildren remember her as having kept hens, Rhode Island Reds, and of gathering eggs with her up until just before the time of her death.

She belonged to Central Baptist Church of Fountain City and the Dorcas Sunday School Class. At the time of her death she had 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Her grandsons served as her pallbearers.

- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised July 2020