5. Reba Nell McEntire was born March 28, 1955, named for her maternal grandmother, Reba Estelle Brassfield. The family, including McEntire’s older sister Alice, older brother Pake and younger sister Susie, lived on a cattle ranch in Chockie, Okla., for 34 years.
4. At 5 years old, McEntire would drive her dad’s truck while he kicked hay off the truck’s bed to feed cattle during the winter.
3. McEntire made her singing debut in the first grade with a solo of “Away in a Manger” in a school Christmas play.
2. As a third grader, McEntire was asked to sing at the Kiowa High School graduation.
1. In 1934, McEntire’s “grandpap,” John Wesley McEntire, won the Steer Roping World Champion title. Her father did the same in 1957, 1958 and 1961.