“An odd cross to bear” is an odd but apt phrase that Ruth Bell Graham used to describe her life. Historian Anne Blue Wills effectively argues this point in her biography of Billy Graham’s spouse, ...

Ruth Bell Graham, who pursued a vigorous if reclusive Christian ministry for six decades in the shadow of her famous husband, the Rev. Billy Graham, died June 14 at her home near Montreat, N.C. She ...

In the summer of 1941, Ruth McCue Bell, a 21-year-old college graduate with a razor-sharp mind, made a decision that today might seem, as they say in her adopted state of North Carolina, somewhat ...

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.

"When we dated, we had our ups and downs. I had always thought I should go to Tibet as a missionary, and one day Bill said to me, 'Ruth, do you think God led us together?' I had to admit that I was ...

Lotz is one of Graham's five children with his wife Ruth Bell Graham, who died June 14, 2007. FILE - In this July 7, 1954 file photo, Evangelist Billy Graham poses with his his wife, Ruth, and their ...

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