Buell Eugene Nims, son of Lee and Ethel Nims, was born in Sumas, Washington on July 9, 1920. After graduating from local grade and high schools he attended Western Wash. College. He completed pilot training and was commissioned in the Army Air Corps. During most of the war, Buell was in the Air Transport Command, ferrying combat aircraft to all parts of the world. He flew the first P-38 across the South Atlantic route from South America to Africa.
Betty Mae Carmichael was born November 3, 1923 in Brunswick, Georgia. Her family moved to Shreveport, LA in 1927. She graduated from Byrd High School.
Buell and Betty were married on April 5, 1942 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA. They lived in California during WWII and moved back to Shreveport in 1947.
After the war, Buell built a motel near Shreveport which he owned and operated, and began working full time in the building trade. He continued to be a builder of commercial and residential buildings, and owned and operated his own business. Betty was the secretary for the business.
Buell was also very active with the First Presbyterian Church and served in management positions much of his life. Buell and Betty lived in Shreveport the remainder of their lives.
Buell and Betty had the following children:
| Leon Hopkins Nims | Born in Shreveport, Louisiana 1944. Leon was an attorney in Texas in 1968, and later served as an officer in the U.S. Army in Viet Nam in 1970. He lives in Shreveport, LA. Leon did not marry. |
| Buell Eugene "Gene" Nims Jr. | Born June 31, 1947. Gene married Deborah Clishman on November 13 1982. They have one son, Brian Eugene Nims. Gene owns his own commercial construction business and they live in Shreveport, LA. |
| Brenda Elizabeth Nims | Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1965. She married Robert Albert Ajluni May 27, 1989 in Shreveport, LA. Robert was born October 31, 1962. Brenda and Robert served in the mission field in Central and South America in 1995-96. Brenda is a registered nurse. Robert and Brenda have two children, son Cole and daughter Quitan. |
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Betty was a member of First Presbyterian Church for more than 80 years. She also was a member of DAR Pelican Chapter, and volunteered as a Pink Lady for 17 years at Schumpert Hospital. Betty died in February 2013, and was interred at Forest Park Cemetary in Shreveport.