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Read Granberry, the parliamentarian of the Texas House of Representatives, heard Farabee at a youth speech event and urged him to attend the [[University of Texas]] at Austin, from which Farabee obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration and then [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the UT Law School. He managed to procure a small scholarship and lived in a $10-per-month barracks dormitory. He became acquainted with the then [exas Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd, for whom he worked when Shepperd served as the state attorney general]from 1953 to 1957.<ref name=farabee/> Farabee was the UT freshmen class president and later the student body president. He visited the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] as part of his student political activities. There he met his future first wife, the former [[Helen Farabee|Helen Jane Rehbein]],<ref name=helen>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffa33|title=Helen Jane Rehbein Farabee|publisher=Tshaonline.org|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> who became the mother of his two sons. Helen was the student body president at UW, a rare accomplishment for a young woman at that time. The couple married in 1958 after their graduations and Farabee's service in the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name=helen/>​

Read Granberry, the parliamentarian of the Texas House of Representatives, heard Farabee at a youth speech event and urged him to attend the [[University of Texas]] at Austin, from which Farabee obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration and then [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the UT Law School. He managed to procure a small scholarship and lived in a $10-per-month barracks dormitory. He became acquainted with the then [exas Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd, for whom he worked when Shepperd served as the state attorney general]from 1953 to 1957.<ref name=farabee/> Farabee was the UT freshmen class president and later the student body president. He visited the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] as part of his student political activities. There he met his future first wife, the former [[Helen Farabee|Helen Jane Rehbein]],<ref name=helen>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffa33|title=Helen Jane Rehbein Farabee|publisher=Tshaonline.org|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> who became the mother of his two sons. Helen was the student body president at UW, a rare accomplishment for a young woman at that time. The couple married in 1958 after their graduations and Farabee's service in the [[United States Air Force]].<ref name=helen/>​

 

==State senator==​

==State senator==​

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 journal|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 Heart|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 journal|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 Heart|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|volume=16|issue=7|pages=90–95|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>

''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>

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==Later years==

==Later years==

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