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The Faulks owned throughout Ruston numerous residential rental properties, a sixteen-unit apartment complex and several commercial buildings. In 1988, Faulk was named the recipient of the "Russ Award", named for the founder of Ruston, Robert E. Russ, the highest honor that a resident of Ruston can receive through the Ruston-Lincoln Parish Chamber of Commerce.  Faulk was active in Trinity [[United Methodist]] Church in Ruston and Kiwanis International, of which he was a member for seventy years. He was also active in the Ruston-Lincoln Parish Centennial, the Lincoln Parish Library, and the Ruston Peach Festival. For nearly three decades, Faulk was the chairman of the Lincoln Parish Housing Authority. He was a contributor to the [[Louisiana Tech University]] Department of Journalism, having endowed the Clarence and Louise Faulk Chair of Journalism. In 1985, the Faulks were two the first three persons to received honorary doctoral degrees from Louisiana Tech.On the occasion of Faulk's 100th birthday in 2009, he received a Certificate of Honor from Louisiana Tech president Dan Reneau and a proclamation of "Clarence Faulk Day" from Ruston Mayor Dan Hollingsworth. There were also letters of commendation from Governor [[Bobby Jindal]], then State Representative Hollis Downs of Ruston, and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]] of Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref name=obit/>

The Faulks owned throughout Ruston numerous residential rental properties, a sixteen-unit apartment complex and several commercial buildings. In 1988, Faulk was named the recipient of the "Russ Award", named for the founder of Ruston, Robert E. Russ, the highest honor that a resident of Ruston can receive through the Ruston-Lincoln Parish Chamber of Commerce.  Faulk was active in Trinity [[United Methodist]] Church in Ruston and Kiwanis International, of which he was a member for seventy years. He was also active in the Ruston-Lincoln Parish Centennial, the Lincoln Parish Library, and the Ruston Peach Festival. For nearly three decades, Faulk was the chairman of the Lincoln Parish Housing Authority. He was a contributor to the [[Louisiana Tech University]] Department of Journalism, having endowed the Clarence and Louise Faulk Chair of Journalism. In 1985, the Faulks were two the first three persons to received honorary doctoral degrees from Louisiana Tech.On the occasion of Faulk's 100th birthday in 2009, he received a Certificate of Honor from Louisiana Tech president Dan Reneau and a proclamation of "Clarence Faulk Day" from Ruston Mayor Dan Hollingsworth. There were also letters of commendation from Governor [[Bobby Jindal]], then State Representative Hollis Downs of Ruston, and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]] of Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref name=obit/>

   

   

A source of oral history]on the general Ruston area, Faulk was considered an expert on the 1934 ambush in Bienville Parish of the bandits [[Bonnie and Clyde]], having covered the scene as the young publisher of the ''Ruston Daily Leader''. He was an authority too on the former Camp Ruston, a [[prisoner of war]] facility that held German and Italian inmates during [[World War II]]. Himself classified [[Selective Service System|4-F]] during the war because of severe eye problems, Faulk nevertheless became a first lieutenant in the Home Guard. He was a member of the federal wartime Office of Price Administration, often called the "rationing board". He was the chairman of the Ruston area savings bond drive.<ref name=obit/>   

A source of oral history on the general Ruston area, Faulk was considered an expert on the 1934 ambush in Bienville Parish of the bandits [[Bonnie and Clyde]], having covered the scene as the young publisher of the ''Ruston Daily Leader''. He was an authority too on the former Camp Ruston, a [[prisoner of war]] facility that held German and Italian inmates during [[World War II]]. Himself classified [[Selective Service System|4-F]] during the war because of severe eye problems, Faulk nevertheless became a first lieutenant in the Home Guard. He was a member of the federal wartime Office of Price Administration, often called the "rationing board". He was the chairman of the Ruston area savings bond drive.<ref name=obit/>   

   

   

Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr., the retired former head of the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department, referred to the Faulks, accordingly: "Not only was Mrs. Faulk a full partner of her husband, Clarence Faulk, in the publishing of the 'Ruston Daily Leader', she was also a one-woman urban development team for Ruston. Her fingerprints are on half the architecture in this town. She had remarkable taste and an eye for design."<ref name=lbpf>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogybuff.com/la/la-lincoln-obits19.htm|title=Louise Benson Page Faulk obituary|publisher=genealogybuff.com|accessdate=May 24, 2012}}</ref>  

Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr., the retired former head of the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department, referred to the Faulks, accordingly: "Not only was Mrs. Faulk a full partner of her husband, Clarence Faulk, in the publishing of the 'Ruston Daily Leader', she was also a one-woman urban development team for Ruston. Her fingerprints are on half the architecture in this town. She had remarkable taste and an eye for design."<ref name=lbpf>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogybuff.com/la/la-lincoln-obits19.htm|title=Louise Benson Page Faulk obituary|publisher=genealogybuff.com|accessdate=May 24, 2012}}</ref>