Batesburg-Leesville - Services for Mr. Roosevelt “Tip” Kinard will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 258 LIne Street, Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina. Elder Sylvia Johnson McKenzie is officiating, Reverend Iola Meadows is presiding, and Reverend Ronnie Peterson is Pastor.
Mr. Roosevelt “Tip” Kinard, son of the late Roosevelt and Sara Mae Smith, was born November 13, 1960 in Lexington County, South Carolina. He departed this earthly life on Monday, July 1, 2024 at Saluda Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Saluda, South Carolina.
Mr. Kinard was a 1980 graduate of Batesburg-Leesville High School, Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina. After graduating, he took on a career in Philadelphia Job Corps where he learned the trade of construction. When his assignment was completed, he moved back to South Carolina and took on a job with the Mabus Brothers Construction Company where he was a heavy equipment operator until 2015 when his health began to fail. During that time recovering from a stroke, he was still determined to work so his supervisor gave him a job answering phones. Now those of you who knew Tip, he didn’t like talking on the phone that much so he finally decided to retire.
Everyone who knew Tip loved him. He had a heart of gold. He would cook and feed the whole neighborhood and community and didn’t ask for a dime. That’s the kind of person he was. Tip was one of the greatest pool players around. If you wanted to see a bad day, mess or talk to him while he was shooting pool and you would definitely get some choice words!
Roosevelt joined Mount Zion Baptist Church at an early age under the leadership of Reverend Myers.
In addition to both of his parents, Roosevelt was preceded in death by his sister, Rosalyn Kinard Mobley.
Those left to cherish his precious memories include his sons, Adrian, Cromer and Stacey Etheredge; step-sons, Almonzo (Felecia) Cromer and Omar Cromer; stepdaughter, Tyronza Cromer; a devoted friend, Darlene Cromer; a brother, Sylvester Smith of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sisters, Maria Smith (Tyrone) Corbitt of New Ellenton, South Carolina and Debra Smith of Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina; aunts, Reverend Inez Cook, Delia Mae Lewie and Mary Hair, all of Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina and Mattie (Willie) Henderson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; uncles, James Williams of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and James “Doc” Smith of Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina; grandchildren, Adrian Jr., Sta’sharia, Sesme, Hailey, Milenna and Xavier; a host of nieces, nephews and many sorrowing friends who will miss him dearly.