Ruth McCue Bell Graham was an American Christian author. She was born in Qingjiang, Jiangsu, China, the second of five children. Her parents, Virginia Leftwich Bell and L. Nelson Bell, were medical ...

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.

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 ...

"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 ...