Ronney Plemons

Reverend Ron Plemons, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Fairborn, stepped from this world into the presence of his Savior and Lord on Tuesday evening, August 22, 2017. Pastor Ron was born in Waco, Texas to Gerald and Helga (Lorenz) Plemons. He was raised in their home in the farming community of Lorena, Texas along with two older brothers, Ralph and Danny and an older sister, Deborah. Ron graduated from Lorena High School in 1979. He was led to a personal relationship with Christ while a Chemistry/Biology student at McLennan Community College and accepted God’s call to ministry 2 years later. He attended First Baptist Church, Woodway in Waco while discerning God’s will for his studies and there met his wife, Susan.

They were married in 1984 and Ron began his studies at Criswell College for Biblical Studies that same year. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1987 and then began a Masters of Divinity Degree in Biblical Languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The past few years he has been pursuing a DMin in Biblical Spirituality from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and focused his writing on a curriculum for teaching Bible Intake.

Ron has served as Pastor of Southside Baptist Church in Lakeland, Florida, Cornerstone Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and as Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Fairborn since 2007. He led his congregations to support local, national and international missions and he served in New Mexico, Colorado, Denmark, Ireland and Trinidad. His favorite scripture is I Timothy 1:15, “It is a faithful and true saying that Christ Jesus came to save sinners of whom I am chief.”

Bro. Ron is deeply missed by his congregations, fellow ministers and by his wife of 32 years, Susan Plemons of Fairborn as well as their many spiritual children including Nico Knabe of Bremen, Germany and Abbey Phillips of Houston, Texas. He is preceded in death by his father, Gerald Donald Plemons of Oglesby, Texas. He is survived by his mother, Helga Plemons of Oglesby, Texas, two brothers, Dr. Ralph (Zahira) Plemons of Arlington, Texas and Danny (Lesia) Plemons of Austin, Texas and sister Deborah Rogers of McGregor, Texas; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and other extended family.

Funeral service will be Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. at Connally Compton Funeral Directors. Family will receive friends one hour prior to service time. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Building Fund of the First Baptist Church of Fairborn, Ohio.