Mike was born August 16, 1953 in Oxnard, CA, the son of William James and Dorothy Marie (Choate) Jump. He was a 1971 graduate of Grandview High School. He married Kimberly D. Ayres on February 14, 1994 in Harrisonville, MO. Mike worked for GSA in Kansas City, MO and for Tracker-Marine in Bolivar. He was a member of the Bolivar Masons and Shriners.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Debbie Blazer and Vicki Griffith. He is survived by his wife, Kim, of the home; four sons, Bo Thomas (Nancy), Lee’s Summit, MO, Chad Jump, Lee’s Summit, Travis Jump, Belton, MO and James Morgan (Katrina), Lee’s Summit; two daughters, Amy Reddick (Sean), West Monroe, LA and Susan Martin, Battlefield, MO; one sister, Karen Bailey, Bolivar, MO; 13 grandchildren, Megan Wade (Deonta), Bobby Potts, Regan Potts, Katlyn Jump, Peyton Jump, Thomas Jump, Fisher Thomas, Macey Jo Martin, Owen Thomas, Hunter Reddick, Hannah Lowe (Spencer), Maggie Mae Morgan, and Samuel Morgan, and 4 great-grandchildren, Nevaeh Wade, Amiyah Wade, Eli Wade and Harmony Wade.