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Article: Billy Graham's wife, Ruth, dies
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- June 15, 2007
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MONTREAT, N.C. - Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary
work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned
evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87.
Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove,
surrounded by her husband and their five children, said a statement
released by Larry Ross, Billy Graham's spokesman.
"Ruth was my life partner, and we were called by God as a team,"
Billy Graham said in a statement. "No one else could have borne the
load that she carried. She was a vital and integral part of our
ministry, and my work through the years would have been impossible
without her encouragement and support.
"I am so grateful to the Lord that He gave me ...