Michael Chad January, 24, of Lampasas, died on June 7, 2023.
Services were held June 10 at Adamsville Baptist Church. Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel had charge of arrangements.
Michael was born on May 4, 1999, in Round Rock to Amy Mahana and Chad January. He lived his entire life in Lampasas and went to school in Lampasas from kindergarten until his graduation in 2017.
Michael spent one semester at Texas A&M-Kingsville before returning home in 2018 to work for the Texas Department of Corrections as a correctional officer in San Saba until he was sidelined with a diagnosis of Ewing’s Sarcoma.
Michael loved the outdoors, and he loved to fish at the Bend and to hunt hogs. He was also a very active deer hunter and loved to be out on the ranch helping to work the cows. He fought a hard battle with cancer for almost 3 1/2 years, but he never lost his faith in God.
He is survived by his parents, Amy and Shane Brown, and Chad January, all of Lampasas; his brother, Benjamin Brown; former fiance, Rebecca Faught and son Kooper Hayes Hankins; his grandparents, Sandra and Jeff Poole, Ronnie and Glenda January, Susie Wakeland and Tommy Mack Brown, all of Lampasas; “Aunt Tracy” January of Lampasas, and Uncle Mike and Aunt Angela “Aunie” Mahana of Frisco; cousins Kailie Phelan and Presli Peters of Lampasas, and Tyler Phelan of Copperas Cove, as well as Christian Mahana of Frisco; a group who were like brothers, Morris Wilkins, Jack Hyatt, Hunter Wilson, Braedon Raub, all of Lampasas, Andy Clark, Joshua Williams, Josh Deen, and Nick, Anthony, and Josh Henniger from Bend; Sherry Wilkins and Cassandra Wilkins; and extended family members James Rogers of Goldthwaite, Marcus and Beth Foster of Adamsville, Rodney and Rena Andrews, Bill and Linda Luce, and Darrell Raub, all of Lampasas, and the Clark, Henniger and Deen families of Bend.
To honor Michael, a tree may be planted at the cemetery, or donations in his name may be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Wing.
