Marion Matthew “Mack” Malone Jr grew up in rural Texas in the 1950s and 1960s working cattle and riding in rodeos. He studied Sociology at Texas A&M and became a social studies teacher. He later became a purchasing manager for an oil field company and then the City of Houston. Mack’s influence consists of the many children he’s raised, the missionaries he’s fed, the single mothers he’s supported, and the lives he touches for good in his sometimes gruff and impolitic way.

Mack is known for his sometimes outlandish stories, consisting of his personal experiences growing up in Matagorda County and tales of people otherwise forgotten by time. For years, his family has anticipated collecting these stories in his own words and sharing them- Mack’s “Big Fish moment.” Consider this project an archive of sorts. It is a glimpse of life in rural Texas, a reminder of small-town America as it once was.