Reba McEntire, now 69, grew up far from glamour. Born in 1955 in Oklahoma, she was raised on her family’s 8,000-acre ranch in tiny Chockie. From a young age, Reba was expected to work just like everyone else. By age five, she was steering her father’s truck through cattle fields. Her family was deeply rooted in rodeo life—her grandfather was a world-champion steer roper, and her father won the title three times. But Clark McEntire was strict and rarely showed affection, something Reba admitted she longed for growing up.
How Reba’s Ranch Childhood Forged a Superstar
