Ruth Bell Graham once noted, “A happy marriage is the union of two great forgivers.” And, “The greatest enemy to love is selfishness — putting self first instead of the ...

“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, ...

With his wife, Ruth Bell Graham, in a coma at home in western North Carolina, the Rev. Billy Graham announced yesterday that she will be buried in the city of Charlotte and not in her beloved ...

When she agreed to marry Billy Graham, Ruth Bell Graham said she knew her life would "be lost in Bill's." For her generation, the pastor's wife was expected to work solely in service to her husband ...

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. Mrs. Graham died at 5:05 ...

Ruth Bell Graham's influence on the world was considerable, even if it was easy to miss. Her husband, Billy Graham, preached the Christian message to millions and was a counselor to U.S. presidents.