Steven Thomas McCown was born on Feb. 27, 1961 in Dayton, KY, the son of Herbert T. and Linda L. McCown. He graduated from Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge, LA in 1979. He attended Louisiana State University. He married Amy Darlene Day in Baton Rouge on Aug. 20, 1986. They lived in Baton Rouge, Rosenberg, TX and Dallas. He died on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, just 19 days short of his 53rd birthday. He was a Christian, so he is now in a better place in the hands of God. He is survived by his loving wife Amy, his mother and father, his daughter Roxanne McCullough and her husband Brandon Sr. grandson Brandon Jr and his two sisters, Kathryn Tydlacka and Janet Lynn Davis and her husband Thomas, and by many nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great nephews. Steven was an avid hunter and gun collector and loved music and movies and was a storehouse of trivia. He was a devoted "pappy" to his grandson Brandon. He was a skilled mechanic and machinist and loved to "fix things". Services will be held at Waxahachie Funeral Home at 1201 W. 287 By-Pass Waxahachie, Tx. Viewing will be Tuesday evening from 6 - 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. February 12, 2014 at Waxahachie Funeral Home, with interment following at Lakeview Cemetery. Pallbearers are David Simpson, Brandon McCullough, Thomas Davis, Jessie Sudderth, Brett Rustin, and Bob Swenford. Honorary pallbearers are Ken Thomas and James Day, Jr.