Our History

Bugbusters Exterminating was started in 1980 by Pat & Jim Johnston & in 2012 they decided to retire & sell the company to Stacey & Mike Weaver. Stacey was a longtime employee of Bugbusters while Mike worked as a supervisor in the manufacturing business before retiring after 25 years & came into the pest control business with Stacey. Stacey & Mike see over the day to day operations of Bugbusters, Stacey serves as the responsible licensed Certified Applicator while her husband Mike works as a fully licensed Technician. Bugbusters is always evolving to better service our customers as we grow. Our Team consist of both full & part-time employees therefore as times change so does Bugbusters. Our other full-time Team Members are Mr. Morgen Wolverton & Mr. Shae McDonald. They are both a great asset to our Team as they are eager to learn the many skills it takes to solve pest issues in these changing times of East Texas while bettering our Bugbusters Team. They both enjoy working with our customers as well as using their skills to help educate them on the challenging pest issues here in East Texas. Their son Cameron works as a part-time Team Member with Bugbusters since he works in another field full-time, Cameron’s business career is in Financing & Accounting so he mainly uses his skills to serve Bugbusters in other capacities. We are very proud to have had the opportunity of taking over this well-established business & continue to serve our clients with the same clean, professional, on time service that has been a long-time tradition of Bugbusters.

Most Recent Awards are Voted in Locals Love Us: Loved in 2011 & Award Winners 2012-13/2013-14/2014-15/2015-16/2016-17/2017-18/2018-19/2019-20/2020-21/2021-22/2022-23/2023-2024 

Voted in the Longview News-Journal's 21st, 22nd, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st & 32nd Best of East Texas Pest Control Category for 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 Readers Choice Award.

(Also Voted in 2020 One of the Best Customer Service & One of the Best Places to Work) (2021 One of the Best Customer Service, One of the Best Places to Work & One of the Best Small Business Owners) (2023 One of the Best Customer Service & One of the Best Places to Work) (2024 One of the Best Customer Service & One of the Best Places to Work)

If you would like to see our awards, click here.

A Big Thank You...goes out to all of our Bugbusters fans for making these moments possible! 

We Love You Too! "We're Thankful & Grateful for Your Business!"

Stacey & Mike Weaver

L to R: Mike Weaver, Cameron Gay, Stacey Weaver, Shae McDonald, Morgen Wolverton