Sims Duvall BEVILL, MD
Possessed of ability, independence and originality, Sims Duvall Bevill, M. D. since the beginning of his practice at Heavener, has shown a tendency to think for himself and, while careful and conservative, to draw away from many of the ancient dogmas which have held the medical profession in leash for many years. Only thirty years of age, his talents, hard work, conscientious devotion and persevering zeal have already led him to an established place in his profession and in the esteem of the people who have watched his growth and development.
Doctor Bevill was born at Winfield, Scott County, Arkansas, January 5, 1885, and is a son of Doctor Cheves and Nancy (ROBERTS) BEVILL, natives of Alabama. He comes naturally by his predilection for his calling, his father having been a practicing physician of Arkansas for thirty years, now being located at Waldron, Scott County, where he stands in the foremost rank of medical and surgical practitioners. Dr. Sims D. Bevill was reared at Winfield, where he received his early education in the public schools, and when still a youth decided upon a career in medicine. For a number of years he studied faithfully under the preceptorship of his father, and with this capable training matriculated in the University of Arkansas, where he pursued a full medical course and graduated with the class of 1911 and the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Immediately after his graduation, Doctor Bevill located at Heavener, Oklahoma, and this city has continued to be the scene of his success in the practice of medicine and surgery. His rise, while rapid, has been consistent and fairly won, and he has gained not only a practice of satisfying proportions and representative character, but a reputation and standing among his professional brethren. He has spent considerable time in the clinics of the celebrated surgeons, the Doctors Mayo, of Rochester, Minnesota, and has never ceased to be a student, devoting himself constantly in his leisure moments to research and investigation. At this time he is division surgeon for the Kansas City Southern Railroad, and a member of the Southern Medical Association, the LeFlore County Medical Society, the Oklahoma State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is well and prominently known in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree and being a member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Doctor Bevill was married November 26, 1910, to Miss Eva DIXSON, of Mansfield, Arkansas.