Tom graduated from Gallatin High School and received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Tech University.
Tom worked for Western Electric, in the SAGE Group, which was responsible for the early radar warning system the Department of Defense and the United States Airforce were developing at the time to protect the United States from potential Cold War threats.
After stints in Minnesota and Clear, Alaska, Tom was transferred to the Syracuse, New York office, where he met the love of his life, Paula Jane Durham. After marrying Paula, the two made a home in Freishing Germany for two years.
Upon their return to the states, Tom continued working for General Electric and transferred his family to Dallas, Texas. He would eventually start his own business in 1975 and move his family to Houston selling machine tools to the oilfield service companies. In 2000 he sold his distributorship and retired. He enjoyed spending time at Lake Conroe and traveling with his wife and family.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Brown Braly Sr and Janie Braly, his brother Nathan Brown Braly, Jr. and his sister Sara Jane Van Horn. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Paula Jane Braly, his daughter Janet Louise Braly and her spouse Stacy May, of Hockley, Texas; his daughter Rebecca Jane Seymour and her spouse Ed Seymour III of Houston, Texas; grandchildren Madison Brown Seymour and Edward F. Seymour IV and his nephew Nicholas Todd Durham and his spouse Jenn Durham of Tampa Bay, Florida and other family and friends.
There will be a memorial service followed by a visitation with the family on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 1:00 pm at Earthman Bellaire Funeral Home. There will be a livestream of the service from 1:00 - 2:00 pm. See below for the livestream link.
The family would like to thank Tom’s CarePartners at the Tradition Senior Living Community Memory Care at Buffalo Speedway and his Caresitters from Compassionate Companion Houston.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or the Parkinson’s Foundation.
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