About RonDon Books and Grief Seminars

Grief is an emotion that affects a person in so many different ways.

Since 1992, we have worked to assist people in their journey of grief by the various books and booklets that we have written and workshops that we have conducted across America. Grief can be a harsh teacher and can dominate a person’s mind and destroy their outlook on life when someone or something significant has occurred to them.

Our intent is to walk with those who grieve and to aid them with the experience and study we have learned to help them know they are not alone. We welcome the opportunity to speak with you concerning your church’s needs and concerns with matters like grief, cancer, and dementia workshops that we conduct.

Ron Williams

Ron graduated from Freed-Hardeman University with a B.A. degree in Bible in 1979 and received his Masters of Science in Counseling in 1997 from Southern Christian University in Montgomery, AL. He has served in ministry since 1978 and is currently the pulpit minister for the Lincoln Church of Christ in Huntsville, AL where he has served since 1997.

Ron has served as a member of the FHU Advisory Board and is a chaplain for the Alabama Department of Public Safety and State Trooper Office for Madison County.

Ron is co-author with his twin brother, Don, of the book, Walking with Those Who Weep: A Guide to Grief Support, now in its 10th printing. Ron is also a contributing author for the book, a Redeeming the Times: Addressing Issues of the Church in the Present Age, edited by Dyer, Haynes, and Jenkins, 2004.

Ron has taught community grief support classes since 1992 and has conducted grief education classes for congregations, ministers, funeral homes, and hospitals. He has also been involved in facilitating Dealing with Grief and Loss seminars for congregations and other agencies since 1998. He has served as Associate Chaplain for Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Ron has led a monthly grief support class in association with Laughlin Funeral Home and the Huntsville-Madison County Senior Center. He is a certified hospice worker. Ron has taught extension classes in Bible for Faulkner University (1982-83) and has taught counseling and personal development classes at Faulkner University – Huntsville campus (2007-2009). He has also taught Coping With Cancer educational and support classes at the Clearview Cancer Institute in Huntsville, AL since 2012.

Bonnie is a retired English/Speech/Drama teacher with the Alabama Public School System. They have two sons, Jon Michael, a firefighter, his wife, Whitney, two children, Luke and Lilly, and Stephen, who works in the restaurant industry in Huntsville and has one child, Claire.

Don graduated from Freed Hardeman University in 1979 and received his Masters degree in Ministry from Harding Graduate School of Religion  in 1984.

Don has served in ministry since 1978, preaching for various churches. Since 2008 he has worked as the executive Director of North Alabama Christian Children’s Home in Florence, Alabama. He presently serves as a deacon with the Florence Boulevard congregation in Florence.

Since 1992, he has taught an area grief support class in places where he has lived. He has spoken on various facets of grief to preachers, nurses, Chaplains and health care professionals. He is a Palliative Care Chaplain with North Alabama Hospital in Florence and also serves as Chaplain for the Fire Departments of Lauderdale County.

In 1996, he and his twin brother Ron wrote a grief book entitled Walking with Those who Weep-A Guide to Grief Support.  This book is now in its tenth printing. In 1999, Don completed a second book on grief that serves as a sequel to the first book,  Hope For Those Who Struggle-Coping with the losses of Life, now in its fourth printing. In 2000, Don completed a  certificate of completion in Thanatology  from the University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies. Don has done research in the field of Dementia and has been certified as a Professional Care Partner with the Alzheimer Foundation of America.

Don has been  married to his wife Leisa since 1978. They have 2 sons, Matt (and wife, Amanda) and Ben (and wife, Hailey)  and five grandchildren, Braden, Kenzlee, Lyla Kate, Reese, and Emma.