Graham praises wife at memorial
From Times Wire Reports
Ruth Graham retained her beauty even in death and surely “had a great reception in heaven,” an ailing Billy Graham told mourners who gathered in Montreat to remember his wife.
“I wish you could look in that casket, because she’s so beautiful,” said Graham, clinging to his walker. “She was a wonderful woman.”
Ruth Graham died Thursday at 87 after a long illness.
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