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Robert A. Hefner
Robert Alexander Hefner ("The Judge") was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1949.〔http://www.oklahomahof.com/Portals/0/PDF's/HOF%20bios/Hefner%20Sr.,%20Robert%20A..pdf〕 He was born on February 7, 1874 in the community of Hefner Chapel north of Lone Oak, Hunt County, Texas to William Lafayette Hefner and Sarah Jane Masters Hefner. Hefner was father to Robert A. Hefner, Jr., William Johnson Hefner, and Margaret Evelyn Hefner.
==Early life==
Growing up poor, self-teaching was the only education Hefner could afford. By age 21, he had only received a total of nine months of formal education. His education was primarily by books received from a cousin at College Station and "at night while I was working on the farm and also when I was out herding sheep".〔Trafzer, Clifford Earl. The Judge: The Life of Robert A. Hefner. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975〕 In 1895, however, the family had to sell the farm to pay off debts and the proceeds were actually insufficient to pay its entirety. Then, just after he turned 21, his father died. Following these two very trying times, young Hefner resolved to work the farm for the following year to clear the family debts; receiving $15 per month credited against the debt and studying at night under a kerosene lamp given to him by his father in hopes to pass the entrance exams for college. In 1896, Hefner passed the examination and gained entrance to North Texas Baptist College at Jacksboro and paid off the remaining family debts.〔Oklahoma City Times March 4, 1941〕
Hefner, fresh off to college with only the clothes on his back and 35 cents, found work splitting wood to pay his way. At Jacksboro, he met his wife, Eva Johnson, daughter of a banker and would-be valedictorian of Baylor University in 1905 after gaining her third degree and speaking four languages fluently. Upon graduation, he decided he would study law at the University of Texas at Austin, but once again found the funding to be a problem. As a result, he worked for a while to save up enough to pay his way and at the age of 25 he was on his way. In 1899, he enrolled at the University of Texas and found himself only the second student from the "South Prairie" to do so. His hard work was rewarded in 1902 when he graduated near the top of his law class.〔http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HE009.html〕
His hard work philosophy, which he taught to his children through his saying, "hit the ball hard", didn't always pay off. When he tried to take up golfing to have a pastime with his son, Hefner swung so hard at the ball he broke two ribs, ending his golfing career on his first swing.
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