Mrs. Thelma Wray, age 91 of Middleton, Tennessee departed this life Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Bolivar.
Born March 8, 1922 to Oliver and Maude Frances West Grantham , she was a lifelong resident of Hardeman County. She and Dewey Vernon Wray were married on September 20, 1946 and were married over 40 years until his passing April 1, 1987. She worked 37 years at Western Mental Health Institute where she retired as a supervisor of dietary, and from 1960-1999 at Wray's Grocery. She was a member of Brints Chapel Baptist Church, enjoyed deep sea fishing, gardening and flowers.
Survivors include her two sisters, Velma Kirk and her husband Wilbert of Memphis, and Frances Bell and her husband Frank of Middleton, many nieces & nephews that she loved dearly and a brother-n-law, Arnold Wray of Pinson. In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by a brother Edward Baker.
The family requests that memorials may be sent to Gideon's International.