Obituary of Michael Henry McCleod

Michael Henry McCleod was born on January 8, 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by mother; Geneva June Whisenhunt, father; Marion Whisenhunt and brother; Roy Whisenhunt. He is survived by sister Lora Farmer and Lightfoot Hawkins of Sapulpa, Oklahoma; brother John McCleod of Tulsa, Oklahoma, sisters Rhonda Brown and husband Robert of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Christy Borden and husband Kevin of Bixby, Oklahoma. Michael is also survived by a very special cousin who has always been more like a sibling, Roy McHenry; and by a multitude of nephews and nieces. On January 17, 1999, Mike watched his youngest brother, Roy Whisenhunt, take his own life by suicide. Exactly 18 years to the day later, Mike passed. Mike was very successful earlier in life. There was a point in time that he “thought” he was the best at anything he could do, and there was no arguing with him. He could tell the best jokes, or at least he thought so, because a lot of the time, we didn’t get to hear the ending due to him laughing at his own jokes. Our mom told a story about Mike at about four or five years old. There was a group of teenagers that would walk by the house every day and Mike would ask them “hey punks you want to fight?” One day Mom heard Mike asking these boys if they wanted to fight so she stepped out on the porch and told this group of teenage boys that he wanted to fight them and she told them they needed to fight him. They told her, “no mam. We can’t fight him He is just a little boy.” Eventually Mike decided he no longer wanted to fight them. In the last several years, Mike became quieter, but he would let anyone sleep at his apartment, take a shower or eat what little groceries he had. His sister, Rhonda, went over once because he had taken a couple home that he didn’t know. She had a talk with him about taking total strangers home and how dangerous it was for everyone involved. She asked if she could wake the couple up and have them leave and he said yes. I’m sure he was thinking, I wish she would leave me alone, but anyone who knows Rhonda knows you don’t mess with her family. Mike was very well loved and will be greatly missed by his family.