Christopher Blase Bradford, 34, of Vidalia, LA, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at University of Mississippi Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11 a.m., Friday, July 12, 2024, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Vidalia, LA, with Celebrant Reverend Daniel O’Connor, Pastor. Concelebrants were Revs. Joseph Xavier Vethammanickam and Paul Kunnumpuram, former pastors, and Rev. Robert Dore, friend of the family.
Interment followed in the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Laird Funeral Home, Natchez, MS.
Pallbearers were David Adams, Jeremy Butler, Zach Calhoun, Braxton Fondren, Jamie Fuqua, Houston Higgs, Andrew Little and Rory Wagoner.
He was born December 19, 1989, in Natchez, MS to his parents, Sharon Butler Bradford and Hunter Bradford.
He attended and graduated from Cathedral School, Natchez, in 2008. Blase attended Mississippi State University. He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. He was employed by Miss-Lou Landscaping, Vidalia. Blase will be remembered for his devout love of family and friends and his beautiful, kind, wonderful and caring personality. He was always willing to help others no matter who they were – family, friends or strangers. He was an avid sportsman. He loved hunting, fishing and anything outdoors.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Thomas Webb Bradford; his maternal grandparents, Elbert and Carolyn Butler; and his paternal grandparents, George and Joyce Bradford.
Those left to cherish his memory include his mother, Sharon Bradford; his father, Hunter Bradford (Amanda); his sister, Lenora Bradford; nephew, Zach Tarver; and many special aunts, uncles and cousins.
