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The ANRS & Rodeo Exes Association is an independent non-profit, charitable organization recognized
by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as an eligible 501(c)(3) entity. The mission of the Association
is to promote Sul Ross State University and to raise funds to be disbursed to deserving Agricultural
students and rodeo participants by the University. Neither the Board, nor the membership, of the
Association has any part in the selection of scholarship recipients. Membership to the Association
is open to all individuals interested in the mission and activities of the Association.
Membership is $50 annually. New or renewal memberships can be sent to:
ANRS & Rodeo Exes Treasurer
PO Box 539
Fort Stockton, Texas 79735
Additional information regarding the Association can be obtained from the same address.
Buster was raised on the family ranch in Reagan County and graduated from Reagan County High School. He served two years in the US Navy during World War II.
Buster attended Texas A&M his Freshman year then transferred to Sul Ross in 1947 where he graduated from Sul Ross in 1950 with a BS in Range Animal Husbandry.
While at Sul Ross, Buster was the 1947 All Around Cowboy at Tarleton Intercollegiate Rodeo, tied for All Around Cowboy at Hardin Simmons Intercollegiate Rodeo in 1948, was a team member for the NIRA Championship Rodeo at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1949 and 1950, and was the Sul Ross Rodeo King in 1948 and 1950.
Buster retired after 30 years service from the USDA Soil Conservation Service as a Range Specialist. Vocational honors include: Director of the Texas Section of the Society for Range Management (1964-1966), President of the New Mexico Section of the Society for Range Management in 1978, and Received Rangeman of the Year Award from the New Mexico Section Society for Range Management in 1981.
Buster was married to Jane Taylor Lindley, who attended Sul Ross 1947-1950 and has the following children, daughter & son-in-law, Jody & Mark Donet (Mark graduated from Sul Ross in 1983), son, Clay Lindley (Clay graduated from Sul Ross in 1981), son, Cody Lindley, deceased, and daughter, Becky Lindley, (Becky graduated in 1984 and 1989).
Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest honor which can be bestowed on an individual by the ANRS & Rodeo Exes Association. This honor is for ANRS graduates or friends and recognizes those who have represented the Association, the ANRS Department, or Sul Ross State University with distinction through their personal and/or professional achievements which brought honor to our University. Nominations may be submitted by any member at any time. The ANRS & Rodeo Exes Board of Directors will periodically review nominations and determines inductees into the Hall of Fame. Inductions are not necessarily held annually, but rather when a sufficient pool of inductees is obtained. The induction ceremony is at the Annual Reunion held the last weekend of July in Alpine.
Make a nomination for a deservation individual for induction into the ANRS & Rodeo Exes Hall of Fame!
There is certainly room among these fine individuals for additional honorees. Please give some consideration to nominating a deserving individual for induction into the Hall of Fame.
