Oscar Clyde

Buster

Oscar Clyde Buster, age 88, of Hamilton, known to family and friends as Clyde, passed away to be with his Lord and Savior on November 8, 2026, at home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 13, at Scott’s Funeral Home in Gatesville. Interment will follow at Restland Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12.

Clyde was born on July 22, 1938, at home in Coryell County, Texas to the late John (J.C.) and Gladys Buster. Clyde was a jack of all trades in construction. At the age of 20, he owned a wrecking yard in Gatesville. He also owned a concrete company. He built the first Tilt Walls in Austin, Texas and was very proud of this accomplishment. Clyde also built several prominent homes in Austin as well. Clyde owned his own construction company, Buster Construction, where he built houses in Temple, Gatesville, and Copperas Cove with his brothers, Joe and Calvin Buster and his sons Randy, Johnny, and Kenneth Buster. They also built apartments all over the United States.

Clyde became the superintendent for CSS in Gatesville where he supervised the construction of two schools and other commercial projects. Then he supervised the construction of the Dodge dealership in Gatesville. He enjoyed his work immensely and especially enjoyed working with his sons.

Clyde enjoyed life’s simple pleasures- watching sports, wrestling and westerns. He was fond of solitaire and reading and enjoyed spending time with his family fishing and hunting. He always took pride in being able to grow a beautiful vegetable garden. He had a lot of love for everything sweet, but banana bread and lemon pound cake were his favorites.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Tom Buster, Calvin Buster, Johnnie Buster, and Joe Buster; sisters, LaCelia Logan, Janet Dyer, Vera Ayers, Lillie Ayers, and Marcia Cockrell; and son-in-law, Danny Malden. I am sure they welcomed him with open arms and love.

Clyde is survived by Roberta, his wife of 38 years; sons, Randy Buster (Rita), Johnny Buster (Kim), Kenneth Buster (Debbie); daughters, Alice Malden (Danny), Cindy Apodaca (Buster), Marscha Barnett (Jeremy); grandchildren, Ashlynn Barnett, Carson Barnett (Tina), Kinley Barnett, J.C. Buster (Whitney), Jennifer Doss (Cody), Adam Ortega (Whitney), Christy Chaney (Kyle), Travis Buster (Morgan), Shelby Althoff (Chance), Coty Malden, Clint Malden (Victoria), Brittany Jenigan, Michaela Apodaca, Jimmy Apodaca (Hannah); and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

The family would like to extend their deepest gratitude to Dr. James Lee at Hamilton Healthcare and to the Solaris Hospice team for their devoted care and a special thank you to his granddaughter Ashlynn Barnett for helping take care of Papa until the end.