Surviving are his parents, Tyler Jay Vinson of Bloomfield and Ashley Jean Rodgers of Dexter; maternal grandparents, Carrol and Edna Rodgers of Dexter; paternal grandparents, Raymond Vinson of Bloomfield and Cindy Morton of Bloomfield; maternal great-grandparents are Carrol Rodgers, Sr. of Aquilla, Linda Hyslip of Dexter, and Dottie Sinyard of Morehouse; paternal great-grandparents are Bufford and Bernadette Fuwell of Essex and Terri Flores of Belton; and paternal great-great-grandmother, Rose Lucas of Essex.
Graveside funeral services were held Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at 6 p.m. at Essex Cemetery with Sam Rodgers of Puxico officiating.
Interment followed in the Essex Cemetery with Watkins & Sons Funeral Home of Dexter in charge of arrangements.

