Ronnie Charles Hammonds was born on February 26, 1952 in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee United States to Robert Hammonds and Bonnie Elvira (Buchanen) Hammonds, and had siblings Phyllis Parvin, James Hammonds, Kenneth Wayne Hammonds, Kathy Ball, and Mary Queen. Ronnie Hammonds died at age 68 years old on May 11, 2020 in Palm Harbor, Pinellas County, FL.