Ronny Lee Highsmith Sr is the father of Ronny Lee Highsmith Jr. He worked for a number of years at the car factory that produced vehicles related to the Tunnel Project.
Recently, Ronny Sr became ill, and the family moved from Kentucky to Bluffington Beach to be closer to his medical treatment. Despite his close relationship with his son, Ronny Sr continues to pretend that they are in town to visit Josie.
He and his family were originally supposed to go to Bluff City, but due to the Expansion Protocol experiments, they were redirected to Bluffington Beach. This change meant that Ronny did not receive the level of medical care that he had hoped, causing a downturn in his condition.
When he was in school, he played trombone. Although he wasn’t any good at it, he had "a great time".