Buzzie Hay

GRAND CANE, LA - Funeral services celebrating the life of Buzzie Hay, 83, will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. Interment will follow at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport. Bro. Buddy Puryear of Kingston Road Baptist Church will be officiating. Visitation with the family will be held from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, prior to the service at Rose-Neath. Buzzie was born in Shreveport, LA on September 4, 1933 to Ralph B. Hay and Abbey Gail Roberts Hay Cone, and passed away from a lengthy illness on October 22, 2016. After high school he proudly served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Buzzie was a loving and wonderful husband of 61 years, to Toby Sims Hay, and a loving father to his 3 daughters. Buzzie was preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers and a sister. He is survived by his wife, Toby Sims Hay; daughters, Donna Rials, Diane Beard and husband, Gary, and Darlene Metzler and husband, Joe; grandchildren, Angela Magee, Justin Rials, Jeremy Rials, Jamie Rials, Jason Beard, Jennifer Beard, Nathan Beard, Nicholas Beard, Jacob Beard and Jonathan Beard; great-grandchildren, Raeanne Ivy, Maranda Wilber, Michael Drudge, Riley Drudge, Jackson Rials, and Jocelyn Rials; brother, Red Hay and one sister, Mickey Burton, along with many nieces, nephews and extended family. Honoring Buzzie as pallbearers will be his grandsons. The family would like to say a special thanks to caregivers Jason Beard, Rachel Braswell, Brigette Young, Jessica Campbell, Crystal Lynch, and LaTersa Davis for their special care. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorial donations be made in Buzzie's honor to the NWLA Veterans Home or the Parkinson's Foundation.