Buck Jackson
West of the Pecos Rodeo Announcer
Rodeo Arena Name: Buck Jackson Arena
1908-1993
Twenty-year-old Buster Emmet Jackson started announcing the West of the Pecos Rodeo in 1928 through a megaphone while riding his horse around the arena. Buck, as he was lovingly known, would swallow so much dirt while announcing that his stomach would be sore for about a week after the rodeo. In later years, loudspeakers furnished by Gulf Oil Company and Budweiser were used.
Part of Buck’s inspiration for being a rodeo announcer came from the late, great "Foghorn Clancy", who was one of the most famous and popular rodeo announcers in the early days of rodeo. Buck was one of those persons who had a natural "Gift of Gab". He was also familiar with all the cowboys, the events, and the rules.
In later years, Buck served as Reeves County Commissioner for two terms and Reeves County Sheriff from 1944-48. The West of the Pecos Rodeo Arena was named after him in 1993. There is also a ranch road named after him in northern Reeves County that runs north into Eddy County, NM that connected two of his ranches.
Buck married Bessie “Marie” Bickley and had two daughters and a son, Jeanne Erwin of Midland, Arthur Joe “Bubba” and Patsy Bowles of Pecos. Buster Emmet “Buck” Jackson passed away on October 10, 1993, at the age of 85 and was posthumously inducted into the Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame.