Joyce Hay Buster

A celebration of the Life and Grace of Joyce Hay Buster, 86, of Flint, will be held on Friday, February 6, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the Marvin Methodist Chapel in Tyler with Dr. Doug Baker officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Dallas with Rev. Gerry Giles officiating under the direction of the Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Buster went into the joyous eternal heavenly communion with her beloved Jesus on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. She was born June 12, 1939, in Dallas; graduated from Garland High School in 1957, and married soon thereafter. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, C.A. Buster; her son Randy Buster (Pam); four grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren: Courtni Little (Kent - Colby, Kade, Grady and Jolie); Aaron Buster (Rachel - Olivia Joyce, Curtis, Bethany and Gideon); Ariana McClellan (Madelyn, Morgan and Meghan); and Jamie McKinley (Tremaine - Mason). Joyce served on the Session and was chairperson of the Christian Education Committee in the Presbyterian Church. After her sons were out of school, she attended two years of college and maintained a 4.0 GPS. She became secretary to the Operations Director at Allis-Chalmers Industrial Division, and Recognition Equipment, Inc. Then worked in the accounting department at the First National Bank of Duncanville, also working as a dispatcher for the Duncanville Police Department and later, as Director of Operations for an adoption agency, Agape Social Services in Dallas. She utilized these varied experiences to become the well-respected office manager for Tyler Physical Therapy Clinic, and in retirement, was an active Board member and long-term Treasurer for the Villages HOA, and maintained her family's genealogy records. Joyce gave all persons an assumption of quality without initial prejudice. She was not overt, but was keenly observant of people’s attitudes and opinions. She was well read and could accurately describe a situation or opinion with an economy of words without demeaning the other person. She enjoyed seeing her family develop their individual life-long expressions of music and song and she also sang with her husband in church choirs most of her adult life. She loved her house cats and enjoyed week-long camping with her family. Joyce had no affinity for gardening, cooking, or athletics, but she loved flowers, going to restaurants, and square-dancing. She was totally committed to Jesus and loving to each one of her family, praying for them and others daily, and was an extensive prayer-warrior for those at Marvin Methodist Church until her illness. Her love and grace never wavered; she was 'Mom' to many family friends and she truly loved her role of 'Granny' – 'loving on' and rocking her family babies was always her favorite activity! She lived a strong faith in God’s Grace and a clear reliance on Christ in her life and her death. She is preceded in death by her beloved son Gary Clyde Buster and his wife Salena Short Buster; her sisters: Barbara Maynard, Jeri Duke and Kathryn Vandigriff; her parents William C. and Jonnie (Jan) D. Hay, and grandparents Baily and Mary Hay and Harry and Annie Welch. Honorary pallbearers will be Randy Buster, Aaron Buster, John Eric Vandigriff, Randy Collier, Clyde Wright, Glenn Mathis, Jonathan Story, James Fish. Visitation is scheduled from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. If desired, memorials may be made to Music Ministry at Marvin Methodist Church, 300 W. Erwin St., Tyler, TX 75702, http://marvin.church, or to the charity of your choice.

Joyce Hay Buster

June 12, 1939 - January 28, 2026