Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009 Page: 386
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386 CONTRIBUTORS' VITAS
Robert J. (Jack) Duncan has lived in McKinney most of his life.
Jack is a writer/editor/researcher for Retractable Technologies,
Inc., a manufacturer of safety needle medical devices in Little Elm.
He is also a widely published freelance writer, in both scholarly and
popular publications. He has taught at Collin College and Grayson
County College, and has worked in other capacities for two com-
munity colleges. Jack was TFS president once upon a time, and has
been a participating member for nearly four decades. He continues
to take graduate courses at UNT in a variety of disciplines. He is
married to his high school sweetheart, the former Elizabeth Ann
Harris; they have two sons and five grandsons.
Clarence Jay Faulkner is a third generation Texan born in Waco
and raised, for the most part, by his grandmother Pearl Grusendorf
Whitlock. During the 1950s and early '60s, he logged many miles
on Greyhound buses between Waco and Fresno, California, where
his parents had gone to seek their fortune. Along the way he often
listened in on stories being told at the cafes or on the county cour-
thouse squares where he lingered drinking a soda pop or just
stretching. He loved the sight of the oilfield pumping units and
ranch windmills. Later on, he worked as a computer programmer
for a number of oil production operators throughout the Permian
Basin, and came to love the rugged beauty of Far West Texas. He
also took a liking to J. Frank Dobie's stories, cowboy poetry, and
Texas folklore. Through short story writing and attaining Toast-
master's ATM-Gold certification, he found an audience for his
"Hooked on Texas" tales and stories. He hopes to retire to Alpine,
Marfa, or Fort Davis to spend his sunset years as a campfire story-
teller under the stars.
Sue M. Friday, a native of Houston, lives on a farm outside Char-
lotte, North Carolina. Her husband Tom, also a native Texan, died
in December 2008. In April 2009, cousins and friends gathered at
the Hemphill dogtrot for a memorial luncheon. Tom would have
enjoyed the stories told on him. Most were true.
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Texas Folklore Society. Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009, book, December 15, 2009; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271470/m1/399/?rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.