Elder Ronald

Eugene Williams

Elder Ronald Eugene Williams, 70,  known to some as "Elder," peacefully slipped into heaven on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. He was born in Richmond, Virginia to the late Charles A. and Margaret I. Lee Williams.  As a result of the passing of his mother at a very young age, he was raised by his grandparents, the late Rogers Henry and Mary Belle Lee.

Elder Williams was educated in the Richmond Public School System and graduated from Maggie L. Walker High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies, Bachelor of Social Work from the University of DC and a Master of Divinity degree from ICW Bible College and Seminary and a Master of Human Service degree from Lincoln University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

At the tender age of four, his musical abilities became evident, when he sang as one of the lead vocalists at the Riverview Baptist Church in Richmond where he was also baptized as a youth.  He was actively involved in the youth and music ministry at Grayland Avenue Baptist Church. Ever since that first selection, Elder Williams has engaged thousands of people across the country and generational lines with his musical talents. He was privileged to sing with many choirs throughout the Northeast corridor of the United States.

In the late 60's, Elder Williams converted to holiness under the leadership of his late uncle, Ernest Lee, Pastor of Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holy Church of Brooklyn, New York, under the Mt. Sinai Holy Church of America movement.  Upon returning to Richmond and wanting to continue with the Mt. Sinai Holy Church of America, he bonded with Jerusalem Holy Church under the Pastoral leadership of Bishop Annie B. Chamblin.  He was licensed as a minister in 1981, under the leadership of the late Pastor Catherine Wright at Gate of Heaven Holiness Church, Mount Sinai Holy Church of America in Washington, D.C.  In 1987, he was ordained as an Elder also under the late Pastor Wright.

Elder Williams' goal was to minister to the lost with an innovative approach, winning the lost and edifying the believer.  His desire was to take the message of the gospel around the world with an emphasis on addressing the total man:  spiritual, physical and mental. Elder Williams' strength was in his family. He loved GOD and was determined to please Him at all cost.

In addition to his parents and grandparents, he was also preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Willie B. and Martha J. Williams and brother, Karl A. Williams.

Left to cherish his memory are three brothers, Michael A. Williams, Terry C. Williams and Jerry C. Williams; aunt, Josephine L. Taylor; uncle, James H. Lee (Debbie); two great-aunts, Celestine Lee and Mildred Scruggs; a host of nieces, nephews and devoted cousins; four bonus grandchildren, Latressa Rose Murray, Torrey Iver Murray, Jr., Crystal Ashley Mitchell and Wanda Nykia Murray; eight bonus great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Pamela T. Williams and Linda Coy Williams; other relatives and friends including one devoted friend, Rosalee Murray.

Remains rest at Scott's Funeral Home, 115 E. Brookland Park Blvd. where viewing will be held from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday, December 18, 2025. Homegoing services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, December 19 at Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 West Cary Street.  Interment Riverview Cemetery.