Clyde Joseph Faulkner was born on April 7, 1907 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to  George Alfred Faulkner and Maude May Weatherly.

He married Tennie Mae Lewis on September 21, 1925 in Moffett, Oklahoma.

They were the parents of Audrey U Faulkner, Hershel Faulkner, and Margie Lou Faulkner.

He married Goldie Pearline Brown on August 19, 1942 in Yuma, Arizona.

He died on November 11, 1984 in Success, Missouri.