Bill Gray is a retired computer services company owner and lives with his wife Jane on Center Hill Lake.

His interest in woodturning was stimulated primarily from his furniture building and the frequent need to turn items for those projects. His current woodturning efforts center around objects of artistic nature. Many of the items from recent turning work are small projects as candleholders, ring holders, ornaments for Christmas trees, bowls and closed vessels.

Gray has studied most recently at the Appalachian Center for Crafts with Bob Rosand as well as classes with Bobby Clemons.