Deacon Aubrey Cumberlander was born and raised in the Saint John community in Chambers County, Alabama, where his parents grew cotton. He attended the Saint John School, which was a Rosenwald School. Mr. Cumberlander moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1956 and worked in the construction industry. He accepted a postiion at the Lockheed-Georgia Company in Marietta, Georgia, in 1981 and worked there until his retirement in 2000. Mr. Cumberlander attends the New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia. He has served on the church's Board of Trustees and was made a deacon in 1980.