Owner of crowd pleasing restaurants in Tyler dies
Posted/updated on: September 11, 2020 at 12:49 pm
TYLER — A community is remembering “Jay” Rumbelow after the owner of Bruno’s Pizza and Pasta, died Tuesday. John “Jay” Walter Rumbelow III was 65 and graduated from Bullard High School in 1973, and earned his Bachelor of Arts from UT-Tyler. The Rumbelow family opened the first Bruno’s on Vine Street in 1976. The family opened a second location on Old Jacksonville Road. Rumbelow began running the family business following his father’s death in 1991. Visitation will be Friday at Lloyd James Funeral Home in Tyler, 5-7 p.m. Funeral services will be at First Baptist Church in Bullard Saturday at 11 a.m.
