James Michael Bumbry

James Michael "Big Mike" Bumbry, Sr. was born April 24, 1950 in Washington, D.C. to the late Lillian Owens and Rayfield Bumbry.

Big Mike was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at Mary Washington Hospital.

Mike was the assistant manager and a member of the Harmonies of Faith Quartet. He was past Worshipful Master of King George Masonic Lodge #314, past Commander and Chief consistory at Lodge #346, Fredericksburg, Virginia and past potentate Magnus Temple #3 in Alexandria, Virginia.

He leaves his wife, LaVerne Bumbry of King George; two sons, James Michael Bumbry, Jr. of King George and Bryan F. Williams of Woodbridge; two daughters, Regina Lewis of King George and Christel Ebony Norwood of Suitland, Maryland; four grandchildren; two sisters, Jocelyn Bumbry Mitchell of Fort Washington, Maryland, and Charlotte Bumbry Foote and husband Wycliffe of Aquasco, Maryland; and two brothers, Rayfield Paul Bumbry, Sr. of King George, Virginia and Frederick C. Bumbry of Surfside, S.C.