Michael Jenson Bradford was born May 30, 1981 in Elk City, OK to Michael Bradford and Glenda Varner.  He passed on June 27th, 2024 in his home at the age of 43 years and 28 days.

Michael grew up in Elk City, Oklahoma, Liberal, Kansas and Childress, Texas and spent his childhood amongst family members.

Michael was known as Big Mike to his friends and Little Michael to his family.  The man never met a stranger, he had quite the knack for telling tall tales. He loved making people feel special and safe.  Many of his friends were lifelong buddies who were more like family to him.

Michael was known for his love of shiny cars, loud bikes, big trucks, blowing things up, and pretty women. Through out his life he had multiple good dogs, shared a lot of his homemade moonshine, and had a solid group of brothers who had his back.

Big Mike was proud to be an "ironass outlaw" as he'd say and of the patches he wore. He didn't choose the easy path very often, ruffling feathers and going against the grain. You always knew where you stood with him and hoped it was on his good side.  He had an absolute heart of gold and when he loved, he loved big. As tough as he was, he didn't miss the chance to snuggle a baby or rescue a kitten.  Michael had a soft spot for his Granny Fern, Uncle Teedle, and Aunt Lisa,  the three of them never let him down and gave him a soft place to land time and time again. When he lived in Childress he could often be found raiding the freezer in the middle of the night for rum balls or eating peanut butter cookies and drinking lemonade at his Granny's Kitchen Table.

Michael is preceded in death by his father Mike, grandfather DeWayne, and great grandparents Wade and Fern Bradford.

He is survived by a large family notably his Aunt Lisa Neece and husband Bobby of Elk City, OK; his mother Glenda West of Paradise, TX; two uncles Glenn Bradford and wife Tricia of Amarillo, TX and Kevin Bradford and wife Connie of Amarillo, TX; grandmother Frances Bradshaw of Amarillo, TX; sister Micah White and husband Matt of Canute, OK; great uncle Teedle Sanders and wife Mary of Childress, TX; multiple cousins, and dear friends he considered his own blood.