Ruth Graham | |
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 Graham (left) with her husband (right) and George W. Bush (middle) in 1983 | |
| Born | Ruth McCue Bell June 10, 1920 |
| Died | June 14, 2007 (aged 87) Montreat, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting place | Billy Graham Library |
| Other names | Ruth Bell Graham |
| Occupation(s) | Philanthropist, poet, author, painter |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5, including Gigi, Anne and Franklin |
| Parent(s) | L. Nelson Bell Virginia Leftwich |
Ruth McCue Bell Graham (June 10, 1920 – June 14, 2007) was a Chinese-born American Christian author. She was born in Qingjiang, Jiangsu, Republic of China, the second of five children. Her parents, Virginia Leftwich Bell and L. Nelson Bell, were medical missionaries at the Presbyterian Hospital 300 miles (480 km) north of Shanghai. At age 13 she was enrolled in Pyeng Yang Foreign School in Pyongyang, Korea, where she studied for three years. She completed her high school education at Montreat, North Carolina, while her parents were there on furlough. She graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
The Grahams met at Wheaton College and were married in the summer of 1943, shortly after their graduation. Ruth Graham became a minister's wife for a brief period in Western Springs, Illinois. She lived out the rest of her life in Montreat, North Carolina. The Grahams have five children: Virginia (Gigi), Anne, Ruth, Franklin, and Nelson Edman (Ned), 19 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren.
Graham wrote a number of books, including some co-authored with her daughter Gigi Graham.