Reunion History
This city, famous as the “Country Music Capital of the World,” was the site of the 2024 Bourne Family Reunion.
Nashville, Tennessee
Though he shares a name with members of a 90s R&B group, he’s the one currently serving as our reunion president.
Tony Bourne
Name 3 of Levon's children.
Missouri, Mary, Calvin, Theodore, Mardessie, Robert, Levon, Woodrow, Clarence, Cleta, Charlie, Gloria, & Peggy
Where were the last four “out of town” reunions held? (Excluding Mississippi)
Nashville, TN; California; Las Vegas; California
Known as the “King of Pop,” he wowed the world with the moonwalk.
Michael Jackson
The Black Panther Party and the Bourne Family Reunion both trace their beginnings to this year.
1966
Before anyone else, he set the precedent as our very first reunion president.
Calvin Bourne Sr.
This many children kept Madison Bourne busy and the family growing.
11
Our 2000 reunion took us to this city, famous for Gladys Knight and her Midnight Train.
Atlanta
Millions of fans and a million-dollar bank account before 21—this Twitch sensation did it all.
Kai Cenat
What was the theme for the reunion in 1998?
Coming Home Again!
He took the first seat at the head of the table as our very first reunion chairman.
Edgar Bourne
How often did the Family Reunion take place before Warren Bourne’s death?
Yearly
Our ancestors left a big footprint in these three Mississippi cities.
Prentiss, Hattiesburg, and Oakvale
This show gave us Synclaire, Khadijah, Max in the ’90s.
Living Single
Beginning in Chicago in 1975, this family tradition has everyone “strutting their stuff.”
The family fashion show
This trio of Bournes took charge of making our family reunion happen.
Edgar, Missouri, and Onett Bourne
Name 3 of Madison Bourne’s children.
Ishman, Hagar, Polly, James, Amanda, Horace, Alice, Ella, Leon, William, Bell
In 1966, the Warren Bourne Family gathered for the very first reunion at this Mississippi residence.
Levon’s House.
"Well, what am I supposed to do? Deena's beautiful she's always been beautiful but I've got the voice, Curtis! I've got the voice! You can't put me in back, you just can't." Is from what iconic movie.
Dreamgirls
Sharing a name with the 4th President of the United States, he is our oldest known ancestor.
Madison Bourne
Not on the pop charts, but these two Johnsons composed the tune that keeps our reunion singing.
Alice Johnson and Cheryl Johnson
This year marks Warren Bourne’s birth, decades before Netflix binges but right around the start of silent films.
1883
When and where was the first reunion held out of Mississippi?
1973 in California
These two women are the only pair of sisters to each earn No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 as solo artists.
Beyonce and Solange