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Abraham was born in Kafarakab, Lebanon, to Nahim Malouf Abraham (1885-1965) and Alia Abdullah Bulos Malouf Abraham (1883-1969). He was reared in Canadian, at which he arrived with his parents and older brother in 1913, five years after Canadian was incorporated.<ref name=hcbook/> Nahim and Alia Abraham insisted that their children remember the family roots in Lebanon, which they continued to visit when possible. The couple sent money to help poor relatives in Lebanon or to build a community church or school there.<ref name=textechbus/> In 1928, Tom Abraham graduated from Canadian High School.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/020907/obi_020907080.shtml|title=Tom Abraham|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 9, 2007|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=rvmuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152:tom-abraham-merchant&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=262|title=Tom Abraham, Merchant|publisher=River Valley Pioneer Museum|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>

Abraham was born in Kafarakab, Lebanon, to Nahim Malouf Abraham (1885-1965) and Alia Abdullah Bulos Malouf Abraham (1883-1969). He was reared in Canadian, at which he arrived with his parents and older brother in 1913, five years after Canadian was incorporated.<ref name=hcbook/> Nahim and Alia Abraham insisted that their children remember the family roots in Lebanon, which they continued to visit when possible. The couple sent money to help poor relatives in Lebanon or to build a community church or school there.<ref name=textechbus/> In 1928, Tom Abraham graduated from Canadian High School.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/020907/obi_020907080.shtml|title=Tom Abraham|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 9, 2007|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=rvmuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152:tom-abraham-merchant&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=262|title=Tom Abraham, Merchant|publisher=River Valley Pioneer Museum|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>

==Abraham family and Tech University==

==Abraham family and Texas Tech University==

In 1932, Abraham graduated from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], at which he played on the Texas Tech Red Raiders college [[football]] team and was the business manager of ''The Daily Toreador'', the college student newspaper. He helped to launch the Texas Tech Red Raiders Club and was part of the commission which created the Texas Tech Dad's Association, since renamed the Texas Tech Association of Parents. At the time of his death, Abraham was believed to have been the oldest living Texas Tech letterman.<ref name=obit/><ref name=rvmuseum/> In 1981, both Tom and Malouf Abraham were named "Distinguished Alumni" of Texas Tech. Tom Abraham was the first Texas Tech graduate to have received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the institution. In 1981, a $5,000 annual scholarship was established in his honor by his brother, Malouf Abraham, Sr. (1915-1994), and sister-in-law, Iris Lewis Abraham (1918-2001).<ref>"Abraham Brothers Honored by Texas Tech", ''Canadian Record'', September 24, 1981, p. 14.</ref> The Tom Abraham Graduate Fellowship began with a $65,000 initial donation. More than a dozen of the Hemphill County Abrahams attended or graduated from Texas Tech, as did Tom Abraham's two daughters and son.<ref name=textechbus>"Three Generations of Abrahams Attend Texas Tech", ''Texas Tech Business'', Winter 1984, pp. 14-15.</ref>

In 1932, Abraham graduated from [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], at which he played on the Texas Tech Red Raiders college [[football]] team and was the business manager of ''The Daily Toreador'', the college student newspaper. He helped to launch the Texas Tech Red Raiders Club and was part of the commission which created the Texas Tech Dad's Association, since renamed the Texas Tech Association of Parents. At the time of his death, Abraham was believed to have been the oldest living Texas Tech letterman.<ref name=obit/><ref name=rvmuseum/> In 1981, both Tom and Malouf Abraham were named "Distinguished Alumni" of Texas Tech. Tom Abraham was the first Texas Tech graduate to have received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the institution. In 1981, a $5,000 annual scholarship was established in his honor by his brother, Malouf Abraham, Sr. (1915-1994), and sister-in-law, Iris Lewis Abraham (1918-2001).<ref>"Abraham Brothers Honored by Texas Tech", ''Canadian Record'', September 24, 1981, p. 14.</ref> The Tom Abraham Graduate Fellowship began with a $65,000 initial donation. More than a dozen of the Hemphill County Abrahams attended or graduated from Texas Tech, as did Tom Abraham's two daughters and son.<ref name=textechbus>"Three Generations of Abrahams Attend Texas Tech", ''Texas Tech Business'', Winter 1984, pp. 14-15.</ref>