Terrell Braly was the 4th son born to Sam Houston Braly 1867-1961 and Ida Viola Wilson Braly 1875-1960. The first born Archie Claud lived till age 3. Terrell and brothers Bill and Huse were born near New Harp in Montague County, very near the county line with Wise County. The first school they attended was at Audubon, Wise County . The Braly Family moved to Hale County, on the High Plains about 1916 and Terrell lived south east of Plainview about 7 miles - between Lockney and Plainview. With the start of WWI oldest son Bill was drafted and Huse enlisted shortly after. Younger Terrell sneaked off and lied to enlist without his mother's knowledge or consent. He underwent Basic Training at Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Texas - and was sent overseas to England then to France. Brothers Bill and Huse also served in England and later France. When they returned from the War - Bill was hospitalized at Ft. Sam Houston with lung damage from the mustard gas used by Germans. As he became more ill - his parents were notified by telegram, and Ida took the train to San Antonio to nurse Bill. After a week or more of her nursing - Bill was able to walk short distances, and persuaded his mother to take him home. So he just left - without orders or discharge. For many years he refused to seek Veterans care or benefits afraid of desertion charges. When he died at 101 years of age he was recognized as the oldest living WWI Veteran in Ector County.

After the war Terrell farmed in Floyd County, as well as Castro and Swisher Counties. He always raised good quality quarter horses - Frosty being his favorite racehorse, and after his parents moved into town - he maintained their large garden and orchard until he could no longer do the bending and squatting necessary for that work. He drove Studebaker cars and pick-ups, because he reasoned that if the wagons manufactured by Studebaker were sturdy - then the motorized vehicles they made would also prove sturdy.

He was never married and so was also drafted for WWII - even though he had served in WWI. He was by far the oldest soldier in his unit in WWII, and did not have to serve overseas. He developed lung cancer after a lifetime of smoking Bull Durham pouch tobacco roll-your-own cigarettes, and lived the last couple of months of his life in Veteran's Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. He is buried in the Braly Family Plot in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulia, Swisher, Texas.