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==Background==

==Background==

Hatfield was born on a farm near Anson in Jones County, Texas, to Luther H. "Dukes" Hatfield (1902-1978) and the former Lema Goza (1906-2002),<ref name=ssdi/> a native of Madison County, Texas. Hatfield had a sister, the late Doris Montag, and two brothers, Bruce M. Hatfield (born c. 1937) of Big Spring, Texas, and Jerry Weldon Hatfield (born 1939) of Snyder.<ref name=lema>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/032202/obi_032202057.shtml|title=Obituary of Lema G. Hatfield, March 22, 2002|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 23, 2009}}</ref> His father nicknamed him "Buster", which was shortened to "Buck". Hatfield attended Noodle High School (named for the community of Noodle) near Merkel in Taylor County, Texas, but did not graduate.<ref name=shirley>Statement of Shirley Hatfield, widow of Luther Wallace Hatfield, Midland, Texas, to historian Billy Hathorn, March 8, 2008</ref>  

Hatfield was born on a farm near Anson in Jones County, Texas, to Luther H. "Dukes" Hatfield (1902-1978) and the former Lema Goza (1906-2002), a native of Madison County, Texas. Hatfield had a sister, the late Doris Montag, and two brothers, Bruce M. Hatfield (born c. 1937) of Big Spring, Texas, and Jerry Weldon Hatfield (born 1939) of Snyder.<ref name=lema>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/032202/obi_032202057.shtml|title=Obituary of Lema G. Hatfield, March 22, 2002|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 23, 2009}}</ref> His father nicknamed him "Buster", which was shortened to "Buck". Hatfield attended Noodle High School (named for the community of Noodle) near Merkel in Taylor County, Texas, but did not graduate.<ref name=shirley>Statement of Shirley Hatfield, widow of Luther Wallace Hatfield, Midland, Texas, to historian Billy Hathorn, March 8, 2008</ref>  

Hatfield subsequently enrolled for the 1967-1968 academic year at Trinity Valley Baptist Seminary and College, which had been established in 1960 in Kennedale in Tarrant County near [[Fort Worth]] in what the institution calls the "cradle of fundamentalism." He graduated from the seminary, with much of his work done by correspondence. On its website, the seminary described itself as "Independent, Fundamental, King James Only."

Hatfield subsequently enrolled for the 1967-1968 academic year at Trinity Valley Baptist Seminary and College, which had been established in 1960 in Kennedale in Tarrant County near [[Fort Worth]] in what the institution calls the "cradle of fundamentalism." He graduated from the seminary, with much of his work done by correspondence. On its website, the seminary described itself as "Independent, Fundamental, King James Only."