It is with great pleasure that I will be sharing the Biography of Joyce Pallister

From her book Lingo and lines 

From a Cowboys life and a Cowboys wife

Written by Joyce Pallister:

BIOGRAPHY OF JOYCE PALLISTER

Joyce Pallister worked at the Calgary Stockyards during the 1960s for Paul and MacDonald, a commission firm buying and selling livestock. It was here she met and married Hank Pallister, a Brand Inspector, and their western way of life took them to Edmonton and then to Stettler for many years. Joyce owned and operated a health food store in Stettler for ten years, and they moved to High River in 1999. Joyce managed the gift shop at the Bar U Ranch National Historic site for four years, and after Hanks death in 2005 she compiled his stories of early ranch history into a book entitled Smoke From the Branding Fire.

Representing a pioneer family in the High River area. She is an active volunteer and board member of the Museum of the Highwood, and also a member of the High River Old Timers Association, and the Cowgirl Cattle Company. She is also a member of the Country Gospel Music Association, The Alberta Cowboy Poetry Association and a past president of Aglow Canada, Nanton/High River Lighthouse.

Modeling has always been a dream in her life, and in May 2007 she participated in an International Modeling and Talent competition as a senior model, with 400 competitors from across Canada. She took second place in the TV Commercial’ competition for writing and auditioning her own commercial and continues to model on a part time basis.

Joyce developed the impersonation of ‘Minnie Pearl’ at the request of her friend, Grace Jacobsen for the release of her CD ‘Country Music in the Sky’. After this, poetic inspirations came in the wee hours of the morning and upon writing them down she realized it was Gods way of taking her through the grieving process of her husbands death , as well as the death of her first grandchild and her father.

She has since showed her poems with community audiences at fall supplies, musical concerts, cowboy poetry and gatherings, cowboy church and at the Stampede Range Gals Pow-Wow, as well at Ladies events.

She Won ‘Reciter of the year’ in 2007 and Lyricist of the year 2008, 2009, 2010, as well as Entertainer of the year in 2009 at the Canadian Country Gospel Music Awards. This qualified her to compete again in Branson, Missouri at the International Country Gospel Music Awards October 2010.

She continues to enjoy writing and preforming poetry and her love for people is shown through her creativity, her sense of humor, and her enthusiastic personality as ‘Minnie Pearl’ and ‘Minnie’, the Reminiscer’.

She completed the second book of Hanks writings which came off press in May 2010, entitled ‘Bulls, Brands. And B.S: Brand Inspector Stories.

She can be contracted by email at hankjoy@telusplanet.net  for bookings or book orders.

I Found Joyce not by chance but by what I believe something more than we sometimes can explain.

I have written a short story tributed to Joyce Pallister-Bronsch to thank her for her positive influence she has had on so many over the years and the wonderful sense of positivity she gave to me that day we were brought together. Joyce I thank you for taking the time you did to speak with me, it was extremley meaningful, thank you.

I dedicate this short story to you :  The Cowboy and bumble bee  by : Jody Heinricks