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McFarland was born in Okaloosa, [[Iowa]], to Millard McFarland, Sr., and the former Mildred Fern VanBibber.<ref name=obit/> In 1959, McFarland graduated from Arlington High School. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1963 from the University of Texas at Arlington. He then procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1966.<ref name=lawyer/> McFarland was cited for achievement in the publication ''Texas Business.'' In 1981, he received the G. J. Sutton Memorial Leadership Award and was named "Legislator of the Year" by the Texas Municipal League. In civic affairs, McFarland is a former director of the Tarrant County Humane Society and the Arlington Civic Chorus. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/texas_senators/Public/Texas_Senate_68.pdf|title=Texas Senate: Bob McFarland|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
McFarland was born in Okaloosa, [[Iowa]], to Millard McFarland, Sr., and the former Mildred Fern VanBibber.<ref name=obit/> In 1959, McFarland graduated from Arlington High School. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1963 from the University of Texas at Arlington. He then procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1966.<ref name=lawyer/> McFarland was cited for achievement in the publication ''Texas Business.'' In 1981, he received the G. J. Sutton Memorial Leadership Award and was named "Legislator of the Year" by the Texas Municipal League. In civic affairs, McFarland is a former director of the Tarrant County Humane Society and the Arlington Civic Chorus. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/texas_senators/Public/Texas_Senate_68.pdf|title=Texas Senate: Bob McFarland|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>
For a time, he was a special agent for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], in which capacity he worked under [[J. Edgar Hoover]].<ref name=park/>
For a time, he was a special agent for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], in which capacity he worked under [[J. Edgar Hoover]].<ref name=park/><ref name=obit/>
McFarland and his wife, the former Jane Highfill, had a son, Bobby McFarland, and two daughters, Terry (Ron) BeVellen and Sandra (Tom) Worth.<ref name=obit/>
==Political life==
==Political life==