 My last name came from my father, Reverend Jesse Johnson, Sr. He called me Bunch. In high school, I was sometimes called Little Ma. I wonder why. I married Cordell Hull Regan in 1963 and changed my name to Bernice Regan. Much of my vocal energy comes from my father, who died in 1976. After he died, for about six months, I could not sing with the same strength.