Wauzy Blount Harrell was born on 23 November 1887, in Eure, Gates, North Carolina, United States, his father, Augustus T. Harrell, was 38 and his mother, Ellen Fannie Evans, was 38. He married M Olia Eure on 20 November 1912, in Gates, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Reynoldson, Gates, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Hall Township, Gates, North Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 6 May 1951, at the age of 63, and was buried in Cool Spring Baptist Church Cemetery, Eure, Gates, North Carolina, United States.