for Texas school funding. He is the only Texas governor to have died in office. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack on a train. Jester's body was returned to his hometown of Corsicana, where he is interred in Oakwood Cemetery. Legacy and honors In the 1950s, the Texas Department of Corrections complex of prisons, the Jester Prison Farm, was named after Jester to honor his efforts at prison reform. In 1964, Jester Park was dedicated by the City of Corsicana in memory of Beauford Jester. The park is home to the Lefty Frizzell Memorial and the Pioneer Village, which recreates the lives of the city's pioneers with replicas of historic buildings. In 1968, the Jester Center on the University of Texas campus was named after him. This contains Jester Dormitory, formerly the largest college residential facility in the world, housing just under 3,000 students, as well as classroom and faculty space. Land formerly owned by Jester in the Hill Country just west of Austin (now incorporated into Austin) was developed as "Jester Estates", a neighborhood now of about 1,000 homes. The two major streets entering the neighborhood are Beauford Drive and Jester Boulevard. The neighborhood runs along a ridge of the Balcones Plateau, and is surrounded on three sides by protected endangered-species habitat. References Further reading Entry for Beauford Jester from the Handbook of Texas Online. Photos of Beauford H. Jester, hosted by the Portal to Texas History Jester Park 1893 births 1949 deaths Democratic Party governors of Texas Members of the Railroad Commission of Texas Harvard Law School alumni Texas lawyers University of Texas at Austin alumni People from Corsicana, Texas 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American lawyers