Ray Farabee
| Kenneth Ray Farabee | |
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| Texas State Senator from District 30 (Wichita Falls and West Texas) | |
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In office 1975–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Hightower |
| Succeeded by | Steve Carriker |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 22, 1932 Wichita Falls, Texas, USA |
| Died | November 20, 2014 (aged 81) Austin, Texas |
| Resting place | Texas State Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Helen J. Farabee (died 1988) |
| Children |
Steven R. Farabee |
| Residence |
(1) Wichita Falls, Texas (2) Austin, Texas |
| Alma mater |
(1) Wichita Falls High School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
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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 Texas State Senate, including a revision of the mental health code, particularly important to his first wife, Helen J. Farabee. (2) His younger son, David Farabee, was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls from 1999 to January 2011. |
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(1) Helen J. Farabee (died 1988)
Steven R. Farabee
(1) Wichita Falls, Texas
(1) Wichita Falls High School
(2) University of Texas at Austin
(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 Texas State Senate, including a revision of the mental health code, particularly important to his first wife, Helen J. Farabee.
Kenneth Ray Farabee (November 22, 1932 – November 20, 2014) was an attorney in Austin, Texas, who served as a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from Wichita Falls from 1975 to 1988. He is credited with the authorship of 245 Senate bills that became law during his 13-year tenure. In 1985, he was the Senate President Pro Tempore. He is the father of former State Representative David Farabee of Wichita Falls.
Farabee was born on November 22, 1932, six weeks prematurely in Wichita Falls, the seat of Wichita County in north Texas. His attending physician did not expect him to live through the night of his birth, but he survived. Well into the Great Depression years, he attended Alamo Elementary School and Zundelowitz Junior High School. He graduated in 1952 from Wichita Falls High School. During his junior and senior years of high school, he attended a Young Men's Christian Association youth program called Hi-Y at the Texas state capitol in Austin. The organization trained young people in various aspects of government service. Farabee hence developed an understanding of public affairs more than three decades before he entered the Texas Senate to succeed newly elected U.S. Representative Jack English Hightower of Vernon, the seat of Wilbarger County west of Wichita Falls. Farabee has been a high achiever throughout his life but confesses that he failed to make the coveted promotion to Eagle Scout in his youth.
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