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(1) Considered a moderate member of the [[Democratic Party]], Farabee worked to secure passage of more than two hundred bills during his thirteen years in the state Senate, including a revision of the mental health code, particularly important to his first wife, [[Helen Farabee]]. He supported most of the [[liberal]] measures in his party's agenda.<br>
(1) Considered a moderate member of the [[Democratic Party]], Farabee worked to secure passage of more than two hundred bills during his thirteen years in the state Senate, including a revision of the mental health code, particularly important to his first wife, [[Helen Farabee]]. He supported most of the [[liberal]] measures in his party's agenda.<br>
(2) His younger son, David Lee Farabee, was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls from 1999 to 2011.
(2) His younger son, David Lee Farabee, was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls from 1999 to 2011.
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'''Kenneth Ray Farabee''', known as '''Ray Farabee''' (November 22, 1932 – November 20, 2014),<ref name=tsc>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=7169|title=Kenneth Ray Farabee|publisher=Cemetery.tx.us|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] in [[Austin]], [[Texas]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the state Senate from his native [[Wichita Falls]] from 1975 to 1988. He is credited with the authorship of 245 Senate bills that became law during his 13-year tenure.<ref name=tsc/> In 1985, he was the Senate President Pro Tempore. His younger son is former state Representative David Lee Farabee of Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcmessenger.com/opinion/columns/EkVuVApFlpBpkyOFbO.php|author=Dave McNeely|title=Representative David Farabee retiring a blow for Democrats|publisher=''Wise County Messenger''|date=October 4, 2009|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
'''Kenneth Ray Farabee''', known as '''Ray Farabee''' (November 22, 1932 – November 20, 2014),<ref name=tsc>{{cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=7169|title=Kenneth Ray Farabee|publisher=Cemetery.tx.us|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] in [[Austin]], [[Texas]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the state Senate from his native [[Wichita Falls]] from 1975 to 1988. He is credited with the authorship of 245 Senate bills that became law during his 13-year tenure.<ref name=tsc/> In 1985, he was the Senate President Pro Tempore. His younger son is former state Representative David Lee Farabee of Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcmessenger.com/opinion/columns/EkVuVApFlpBpkyOFbO.php|author=Dave McNeely|title=Representative David Farabee retiring a blow for Democrats|publisher=''Wise County Messenger''|date=October 4, 2009|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
After thirteen years in private law practice in Wichita Falls, Farabee entered the 1974 Democratic primary for the state Senate. He defeated veteran State Representative Charles Finnell of Holliday in Archer County.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Ray+Farabee&source=bl&ots=9tybsGokUI&sig=o6hEDXAjyKLoWNW1xKX6OaalDeg&hl=en&ei=mkocS6biIYiWtgeh39XUAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CBwQ6AEwCTgo#v=onepage&q=Ray%20Farabee&f=false|title=Country Boys: When rural Democrats got together to fill a vacancy on the ballot, they weren’t about to choose a city girl|author=Patricia Kilday Hart|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|volume=16|issue=7|pages=90–95|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
After thirteen years in private law practice in Wichita Falls, Farabee entered the 1974 Democratic primary for the state Senate. He defeated veteran State Representative Charles Finnell of Holliday in Archer County.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Ray+Farabee&source=bl&ots=9tybsGokUI&sig=o6hEDXAjyKLoWNW1xKX6OaalDeg&hl=en&ei=mkocS6biIYiWtgeh39XUAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CBwQ6AEwCTgo#v=onepage&q=Ray%20Farabee&f=false|title=Country Boys: When rural Democrats got together to fill a vacancy on the ballot, they weren’t about to choose a city girl|author=Patricia Kilday Hart|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|volume=16|issue=7|pages=90–95|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
The incumbent state senator, Jack English Hightower (1926-2013), ran instead for the [[United States House of Representatives]] and unseated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Robert Dale "Bob" Price (1927-2004), who had first been elected in the Panhandle-area district in 1966. The U.S. House district was altered after the 1970 census to include Wichita Falls and [[Amarillo]] and territory in between in the same sprawling district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lrl.texas.gov/|title=Ray Farabee|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref>
The incumbent state senator, Jack English Hightower (1926-2013), ran instead for the [[United States House of Representatives]] and unseated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Robert Dale "Bob" Price (1927-2004), who had first been elected in the Panhandle-area district in 1966. The U.S. House district was altered after the 1970 census to include Wichita Falls and [[Amarillo]] and territory in between in the same sprawling district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lrl.texas.gov/|title=Ray Farabee|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref>
Senator Farabee worked for passage of the Texas Natural Death Act, a law which "provides patients the opportunity to make their own end of life decisions... I got interested in medical ethics. There was a lot of technology that would keep people alive, and Texas didn't have a legal definition of death ... There needed to be a statutory definition. I carried that legislation."<ref name=farabee/> He also supported bills to encourage organ donations.<ref name=farabee/>
Senator Farabee worked for passage of the Texas Natural Death Act, a law which "provides patients the opportunity to make their own end of life decisions... I got interested in medical ethics. There was a lot of technology that would keep people alive, and Texas didn't have a legal definition of death ... There needed to be a statutory definition. I carried that legislation."<ref name=farabee/> He also supported bills to encourage organ donations.<ref name=farabee/>
Farabee sponsored a constitutional amendment to allow garnishmen] of wages for child support.<ref name=farabee/> He secured passage of a bill allowing state agencies to maintain daycare facilities on the premises for the employees.<ref name=farabee/> He worked for modernization of juvenile justice policies to guarantee due process and the prevention of young persons from being housed in adult facilities. He attempted to prevent outside groups from dominating state textbook selection through the 15-member elected Texas State Board of Education. He opposed the state's blue laws and advocated industrial development and urban renewal. He supported the first limitation in Texas on medical malpractice. He worked to accelerate the time that a criminal case reaches the appeal stage.<ref name=farabee/>
Farabee sponsored a constitutional amendment to allow garnishment of wages for child support.<ref name=farabee/> He secured passage of a bill allowing state agencies to maintain daycare facilities on the premises for the employees.<ref name=farabee/> He worked for modernization of juvenile justice policies to guarantee due process and the prevention of young persons from being housed in adult facilities. He attempted to prevent outside groups from dominating state textbook selection through the 15-member elected Texas State Board of Education. He opposed the state's blue laws and advocated industrial development and urban renewal. He supported the first limitation in Texas on medical malpractice. He worked to accelerate the time that a criminal case reaches the appeal stage.<ref name=farabee/>
Farabee failed in his effort to change the partisan election method of choosing Texas appellate court judges, having favored some kind of merit-based system. Farabee said that Texas attorneys often raise money for judicial candidates and can later appear in court before those judges, who may feel beholden to their previous benefactors and thus fail to show impartiality on the bench.<ref name=farabee/>
Farabee failed in his effort to change the partisan election method of choosing Texas appellate court judges, having favored some kind of merit-based system. Farabee said that Texas attorneys often raise money for judicial candidates and can later appear in court before those judges, who may feel beholden to their previous benefactors and thus fail to show impartiality on the bench.<ref name=farabee/>
''Texas Monthly'' magazine for five consecutive sessions dubbed Farabee one of the state's best legislators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst#1977|title=Texas Monthly: Best and Worst Legislators|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
''Texas Monthly'' magazine for five consecutive sessions dubbed Farabee one of the state's best legislators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst#1977|title=Texas Monthly: Best and Worst Legislators|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
==Later years==
==Later years==
In the spring of 1988, Farabee, already the Democratic nominee for another Senate term in the upcoming November [[general election]], unexpectedly resigned his seat after thirteen years to accept a position as general counsel for his alma mater, the' University of Texas System. The new position required relocation from Wichita Falls to Austin. He represented nine academic institutions, four medical schools, two hospitals, and the regents and administration.<ref name=farabee/>
In the spring of 1988, Farabee, already the Democratic nominee for another Senate term in the upcoming November [[general election]], unexpectedly resigned his seat after thirteen years to accept a position as general counsel for his alma mater, the' University of Texas System. The new position required relocation from Wichita Falls to Austin. He represented nine academic institutions, four medical schools, two hospitals, and the regents and administration.<ref name=farabee/>
In 2009, Ray and Mary Margaret Farabee were presented by former [[CBS]] anchorman [[Dan Rather]] the annual Clara Driscoll Arts Award, named for the Austin artist and philanthropist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amoa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=claradriscollaward|title=Clara Driscoll Art Award|publisher=amoa.org|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> Farabee published his [[autobiography]] in 2009, basing the title on his premature birth: ''Ray Farabee: Making It Through the Night and Beyond: A Memoir''.<ref name=autobio/>
In 2009, Ray and Mary Margaret Farabee were presented by former [[CBS]] anchorman [[Dan Rather]] the annual Clara Driscoll Arts Award, named for the Austin artist and philanthropist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amoa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=claradriscollaward|title=Clara Driscoll Art Award|publisher=amoa.org|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> Farabee published his [[autobiography]] in 2009, basing the title on his premature birth: ''Ray Farabee: Making It Through the Night and Beyond: A Memoir''.<ref name=autobio/>
Farabee is interred at the historic Texas State Cemetery in Austin. On her death, Mary Margaret Farabee will be interred beside him. Any Texas legislator and spouse qualify for burial there.<ref name=tsc/> Farabee died at his home in Austin two days before his 82nd birthday.<ref>''Wichita Falls Times Record News'' [http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/local-news/former-wichita-falls-senator-ray-farabee-dies_33721225 Former Wichita Falls Senator Ray Farabee dies].</ref>
Farabee is interred at the historic Texas State Cemetery in Austin. On her death, Mary Margaret Farabee will be interred beside him. Any Texas legislator and spouse qualify for burial there.<ref name=tsc/> Farabee died at his home in Austin two days before his 82nd birthday.<ref>''Wichita Falls Times Record News'' [http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/local-news/former-wichita-falls-senator-ray-farabee-dies_33721225 Former Wichita Falls Senator Ray Farabee dies].</ref>
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