Lt. Col. Roderick Alva Vinson, 55, fiancé of Nicole English and son of the late Walter Vinson and Cynthia Leverne Smith Vinson, was born on May 14, 1969 in Augusta, GA.  He departed this life on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, SC.

Family will receive friends at 940 Lewis Road, Sumter, SC 29154 starting Tuesday, August 20, 2024 from 2-7pm.

Job's Mortuary, Inc., 312 South Main Street, Sumter is in charge of arrangements.