By Phil Reynolds
The Highlander
Jackie Cundieff may have taken over as director of Llano County libraries, but that doesn’t mean there’s an upheaval in the system’s future. For one thing, Cundieff thinks the system is “awesome” the way it is.
She was named director of the three-library system (Llano, Kingsland and the Lakeshore Branch at Buchanan Dam) by county commissioners, effective with the retirement of longtime director Dian Ray on Sept. 30.
She’s no stranger to Llano; she’s lived there for 27 years, her husband, Rick, is pastor at First Baptist Church of Llano, and they’ve raised two children, a boy and a girl, both grown.
However, Cundieff said she grew up in Burleson, south of Fort Worth where her mother was school and church librarian.
It’s kind of in her blood.
And after years in the education system, Cundieff went back to school herself and got a Master of Library Science degree from the University of North Texas.
