Busceme death

Published 8:44 pm Friday, September 22, 2017

Carlo J. Busceme III, company president of Texas Coffee Company, died this week.

“He had a hug for everyone young and old,” Darragh Castillo with the Port Arthur Convention and Visitors Bureau said. “He lived down the street from me.”

Castillo said lightning once struck an oak tree in her front yard and left debris about the ground. Busceme knocked on her door and presented her with a gift—a gift made from the tree that had been struck.

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“He said, ‘I made artwork out of the tree. I thought you would like a commemorative piece of art.’ I thought it was remarkable.”

Castillo said that if Busceme were in a room, one would want to go to him and get a hug.