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Ruth Bell

Female 1920 - 2007  (87 years)


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  1. 1.  Ruth Bell was born 10 Jun 1920, Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China; died 14 Jun 2007, Montreat, NC.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from online obituary:

    Ruth Bell was born June 10, 1920, in Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China, the daughter of medical missionaries L. Nelson and Virginia Leftwich Bell. She attended high school in Pyongyang, (now North) Korea. She first came to the United States at the age of seven, while her parents were on furlough. She returned to the United States at the age of 17 to attend Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. Shortly after his arrival on campus, she was introduced to "Preacher," the nickname other students gave the strapping Billy Graham from Charlotte, North Carolina. They were married in August 1943, following their graduating together that June.

    Ruth married William "Billy" Franklin Graham 13 Aug 1943. William (son of William Franklin Graham and Morrow Coffey) was born 7 Nov 1918, NC; died 21 Feb 2018, NC. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Anne Morrow Graham was born 1948, Montreat, NC.

Generation: 2