Visitation for Elotis Bradford, Jr. will be held at Basham Funeral Care (3312
Niles St.) on Friday evening April 30, 2004 from 5-8 p.m. and an hour of
meditation will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening. Funeral services will be
held at The Church of God Evening Light Saints (100 Oswell Street) on Saturday
morning May 1, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. and interment will follow at Greenlawn
Southwest Cemetery.
Elotis Bradford, Jr., son of Elotis and Azelean Bradford, Sr., was born August 27, 1945 in Mason, Oklahoma. He attended the local schools in Boley,
Oklahoma and at an early age he moved to Bakersfield, California where he resided
with his uncle and aunt, M. I. and Lucille Dillard.
On August 26, 1967, Elotis married the love of his life, Charlesetta Brown. And to this union two children were born. Elotis Marvellis and Andrea
Monique. Elotis also had another son, Elotis Rainier Bradford. At the time of his
death, Elotis was employed as the superintendent at Electric Motor Works in
Bakersfield where he has worked for over thirty years.
Elotis was called home to our Heavenly Father on April 21, 2004. He is preceded in death by his wife, Charlesetta; his son, Elotis Marvellis and three
brothers, Kaiser Bill, Clarence and Eugene Bradford. Left to cherish his
memories are his parents, Elotis and Azelean Bradford, Sr.; his daughter, Andrea
Monique Bradford; his son, Elotis Rainier Bradford; his seven grandchildren;
Shyronique Charlesetta Patterson, Jerald Marvellis Hodges, Elotis Bradford, Jr.,
Christopher Bradford, Brandon Bradford, Bryson Bradford and Cheyenne Bradford;
his six sisters, Fannie Washington, Kathy Fields, Darlene Pouncey, Patricia
Harris, Lucy Ellis and Linda Kay Dean, all of Oklahoma; his eight brothers,
Cebron Bradford, Sr. of Bakersfield, California, Cleon, Wiley, Major, Nathan,
Richard, James and Lorce Bradford, all of Oklahoma and a host of other relatives
and friends.
