Kenneth Ray Farabee known as Ray Farabee (born November 22 1932) is a retired 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.