Mark Elwyn Hoyt

On Tuesday, July 8, Mark Elwyn Hoyt departed this life to enter his eternal rest. He was a beloved husband, son, brother, father, uncle, grandfather, teacher and witness to many of the eternal peace that is found in Jesus Christ. Mark began life on May 16, 1958 in Elkhart, Indiana, the seventh of eight children born to Clarence Lowell and Lola Goehring Hoyt.

Ever the scholar and book lover, Mark graduated first in his class at Hartville Christian High School in Hartville, Ohio, in 1976, and also first in his class at the University of Tulsa in 1983. He taught at Westminster Christian Academy in Opelousas, Louisiana, from 1983 to 1997 and at Good Shepherd School in Tyler, Texas, from 1997 to 2025.

In March of 2008, Mark suffered multiple cardiac events and would have died but for the electrical intervention of his implanted ICD. In January, 2011, God granted Mark a new heart which gave him yeoman’s service for more than a decade.

Upon entering Christ’s rest, Mark is survived by his wife of 40 years, Lauri Anne; his children, Chris (Emily) Hoyt, Greg (Jessica) Hoyt, Taylor Hoyt, Laura Lee Hoyt and Paul (Laura) Hoyt; his grandchildren: Jubilee, Joshua, George, Brett, Allison, and Baby Girl Hoyt (Paul and Laura’s), whom he hoped to meet in this life, but will rejoice to meet in the next. He is also survived by siblings, Bruce Hoyt of Christchurch, New Zealand, Stan Hoyt of Forsythe, Georgia, Loren Hoyt of Ackley, Iowa, Nelda Banek of Tyler, Texas, and Sherwood Hoyt of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Lowell Hoyt and Lola Goehring and brothers, Galen and Stephen.

A funeral service will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 12, at Good Shepherd Church, 2525 Old Jacksonville Road, Tyler, Texas. Mark will be laid to rest at 10:00 a.m. at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Carrollton, Mississippi, on Sunday, July 13. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to Good Shepherd School, in tribute to Mark’s years of service there as a teacher and headmaster. Mark would also be honored by donations made to the cause of protecting unborn children (texasrighttolife.com) and anyone’s decision to become an organ donor (donatelifetexas.org).