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A listener sends:

Czar,

On Sunday, Conroe and Montgomery County lost a dear friend. Buster Bowers, 44, the owner of Kuntry Katfish on 105, son of Christ, friend of Conroe, Husband to Brandy, and father of four, died Sunday from a heart attack while at his son’s baseball game. Conroe lost a good one this week.

Growing up in Conroe I’ve known the Bowers family my whole life, Buster’s parents were what we up in Montgomery County call “good people.” They took care of those in need, they were charitable, loving, supported kids ag and sports programs, worked with the fair association, loved and cared for all those around them. Buster followed in their footsteps.

He was a few years older than me and I never got to know him well until a couple of years ago when our kids started playing sports together. But when we did become friends, it was easy to see who he was.

Buster was full of charity, love, and fight; a force to be recognized, a friend. He is someone that gave out of his own pocket to care for those he knew, and for those he didn’t know but needed it anyway. He loved people and when you were in conversation with him, it didn’t matter what else was going on around him, he was listening to you and focused on the topic at hand. During Harvey, when his family’s restaurant was devastated and was closed for months of clean up and rebuilding, he was also helping those in the community by cooking catfish and serving people for free, in a tent in the restaurant parking lot. Buster fought for what was right, stood up for the weak and did the right thing, all the time, even when people weren’t watching.

Not only was Buster a successful business man, philanthropist, and community leader, but he took the time to focus on his family. It was clear to anyone around that he and his wife were madly in love with one another. Between 3 kids in competitive soccer and one in competitive baseball, their week was full, but I saw him at every game if he and his wife didn’t have to divide and conquer due to conflicts with the kids’ games. He doted on his children, taught his children, played with his children and they love their daddy.

My family and all of us Conroe folks are broken hearted this week with the loss of Buster. But we all know that he was a man after God, a follower of Jesus and is with Him in Heaven now. His faith was evident in the way he lived. He was one of the good ones and he will be missed.

Please keep his wife and children in your prayers.

When you pop a top this Friday, please pop one for Buster.