Christopher Micheal Guyton, also known as "Barkell", was born on October 28,1972 in Kansas City, Mo. to parents; (Late) James Calvin Bradley Jr. and Mary Guyton. He was baptized at an early age. Christopher attended school in Chicago Illinois, after completing high school he went on to receive his Master's Degree in Business Administration and received his Barber license.

Christopher had an entrepreneurial spirit, and he gave his all in what he did. Christopher touched the lives of so many people through his presence. He enjoyed playing basketball and playing dominoes. Barbequing on the grill and playing old school music was a past-time favorite with family and friends. He was known to his family and friends that loved him so well as, (Christopher; the Big C. and Barkell) we all will greatly miss him.

Christopher grew up in a loving environment under the amazing and loving care of his paternal grandmother, who he also knew as his mother, and with his aunts and uncles like brothers and sisters. Family was all that mattered, and family is what they were and cherished. Preceding him in death was his (father) James Calvin Bradley Jr., (mother/paternal grandmother) Evangelist Alice T. Bradley; (brother's/uncle's) Curley Bradley, Andre Bradley, Cornelius Washington, and Pastor Quincy D. Bradley Sr., (sister/aunt) Joyce Bradley Johnson, (cousin) Pastor Frank Flemon, and (stepson) Dwan Ray Brooks.

He leaves cherished memories to his fiancé' Lucille Brooks of Kansas City, Kansas; four sons: (Craig M. Guyton, Christopher M. Bradley, Cameron M. Guyton, and Christian Bradley (Dallas Texas),one step-daughter: Alisha Books (Wisconsin); two sister/aunts: Cheri B. Morrow and Karen Bradley (Kansas City, Mo.), one brother/uncle: Evangelist Townsend Burnett Sr.(Saundra) (Chicago Illinois), seventeen grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends.