On September 11, 2017, Ronald J. Hudgins Sr, retired Baltimore City Fire Chief with 45 years of dedicated and exemplary service; beloved husband to Jessica Hudgins (nee Houseknecht); devoted father to Ronald Hudgins Jr. and his wife Jennifer, and Kimberly Herl and her husband Lacie; loving grandfather to Tyler, Brady, Olivia, Katie, Jake, and Ryan; dear brother of James Hudgins, Robert Hudgins, Deborah Pyles, and the late Randolph Hudgins; cherished son of the late James and Marianne Hudgins.Family will receive visitors at the Connelly Funeral Home of Dundalk on Friday from 2-5 & 7-9 PM. A graveside service to celebrate Ronald's life will be held on Saturday at 1:00 PM at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers please make donations in Ronald's name to The Johns Hopkins Burn Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/burn/index.html and/ or Baltimore Fire Fighters 734 Widows & orphans Charit Benefit Fund, Inc. 1202 Ridgely Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230-2604.