Ron is a graduate of Freed-Hardeman University (1975-79) BA Bible and Southern Christian University (1995-1997) M.S. degree in counseling. He is married to Bonnie and they have two sons and six grandchildren. Ron has preached for the Lincoln Church of Christ since 1997 in Huntsville, Alabama. Ron has conducted grief support classes and seminars since 1991 and also conducts cancer seminars since 2012. He has taught Coping with Cancer classes at Clearview Cancer Institute in Huntsville since 2012.