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Ruth Graham Dies at 87

Billy Graham's wife of nearly 64 years was a distinguished communicator of God's power and peace in her own right.

Marshall Shelley | posted 6/14/2007 06:02PM

Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, died Thursday at her home at Little Piney Cove in Montreat, North Carolina. She was 87.

She was born to missionary parents in Tsingkiang, China, in 1920, ...

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David Jerry

Posted: June 28, 2007 12:00 AM


Ruth Graham was an excellent woman. God bless her soul from Indonesia. David Jerry

Satish Chettri

Posted: June 20, 2007 9:46 PM

As I read through Article about her life, My heart was filled with immense gratitude to God for a wonderful life she lived. Ineed, her life spoke of Jesus and love in her devotion and work for the Lord. She is a great model for Pasotrs & leaders wives as what it means to be a wife of the servant of God. People like her made and will continue to make our God so real to the world and indeed he is! Glory to God for such a lived life.

Chris Y

Posted: June 19, 2007 11:04 PM

My condolenses to Mrs. Ruth Graham's family and loved ones. She was an incredible woman of faith. A wife with such strong faith that has fueled her husband's own faith and ministry. God has blessed us with a great woman of faith. She was a great teacher, a great role model for all, and a great Christ-like person. She embodied the character of Christ and that is an awesome legacy that she left the world with. Thank you Ruth Graham for your life, love, and faith. You are home and with Our Father.

Steve Oh

Posted: June 17, 2007 10:14 PM

Billy Graham was my hero when I first became a Christian as a young foreign university student in New Zealand in the mid 70's and read one of his biographies. Ruth was the paradigm of the the virtuous wife, the godly woman of Proverbs 31, the Esther in the book of Esther, and to me Billy and Ruth will always be the First Couple of America. There never will be a Billy and Ruth but God has more heroes of faith for the Gospel. God bless America once more and raise up more couples like Billy and Ruth. ( By the way this is a FIVE STAR ARTICLE.. though the stars may not show it)

wes morris

Posted: June 16, 2007 1:12 PM


I was encouraged by her open and frank admission of some difficult areas in her family reltionships. Like Ruth, I was born in north China. Went to boarding school. Graduated from Wheaton four years after she did. I am encouraged by Billy's statement when asked about his relationship with Ruth..."we are happily incompatible!" Her influence lives on! Wes Morris (wesmorris@shaw.ca)

George Fonseca

Posted: June 16, 2007 4:56 AM


The world is poorer in her death, but we have another intercessor in heaven. To have a woman of her spirituality in this age is a blessing to all mankind. She was always in the shadow of her husband but in the spotlight of God. In a world devoid of truely outstanding people she was a towering example for all women. Thank you being Ruth Graham, thank you Jesus for her.

John M. Domino

Posted: June 15, 2007 10:33 PM


Ruth Graham was a truly great Chistian woman who was behind a very successful Christian man. She supported her husband Billy Graham full-time even though she saw him only part-time. No doubt we will all miss her her intelligence, grace and wit. Thank God that many of her life experences are recorded in various books and documents. She was truly the "First Lady" of Chrisian Evangelism.

George T.

Posted: June 15, 2007 7:50 PM


What a great loss and sad !! Ruth had a very clear and intelligent gnosis of Godly affairs through her well understood tool: The Bible. We shall miss all those beautifully spiritual articles she copiously shared with us. May God bless and protect her soul.

Alan Viewbank

Posted: June 15, 2007 7:39 PM


Only God knows what enormous influence for good flowed from Ruth to Dr. Billy. A couple, divinely matched, to achieve the ultimate in 'partnership', both in a marriage and a ministry. Truly, "behind every good man, stands a good woman." With Christ, which is (even) far better!

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