Mrs. Cynthia Wray

SHELBY - Mrs. Cynthia Ann Grice Wray, 72, of 309 Windsor Drive in Shelby, died Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, at Hospice at Wendover.
A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late James Pressley Grice, Sr. and Margaret Virginia Warlick Grice. Mrs. Wray attended Meredith College in Raleigh and studied bookkeeping and accounting at a business college thereafter. As a young adult, she worked in the mortgage loan department with Wachovia Bank & Trust in Winston-Salem while her husband was attending law school and then she briefly worked for First National Bank of Shelby. Subsequently, Mrs. Wray worked as legal assistant for her husband's law office and continued in this capacity until her retirement.
Beginning at the age of 7, she began piano lessons and continued these throughout high school. As an adult, she furthered her piano studies for a year and a half at Gardner-Webb University. One of her true joys was playing and listening to solo piano music. Her favorite composers were Chopin and Beethoven. Mrs. Wray was a devoted wife and mother and delighted in spending time with her three grandchildren.
Mrs. Wray is survived by her beloved husband, Charles William Wray, Jr. of Shelby; by two daughters, Mary Wray Henshaw and her husband, Gregory, of Winston-Salem and Anne Wray Sale and her husband, Lowell, of Boiling Springs; by a brother, James P. Grice, Jr. and his wife, Donna, of Wilmington; by her grandchildren, Sarah Stuart Henshaw, William Wray Henshaw, and Patrick Lowell Sale. She is also survived by a nephew, James P. Grice, III; by a niece, Susan Grice Brady; and by four great nieces. Frances Wright, her beloved caregiver also survives her.
Funeral: Monday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m., at Central United Methodist Church
Visitation: The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall immidiately following the service. The family will be at the home, 309 Windsor Drive, at other times.
Officiated by: Rev. Craig Langston
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Central United Methodist Church organ maintanence fund, 200 E. Marion Street, Shelby, NC, 28150 or Cleveland County Memorial Library, 104 Howie Drive, Shelby, NC, 28150.
Funeral home: Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the family.
Online guest registry: www.cecilmburtonfuneralhome.com