Years later, she would pen the bestseller Legacy of a Pack Rat. And it was there that she learned to save everything. It was a happy childhood, although primitive and tough. Graham grew up the daughter of missionaries in China. ![]() People didn’t know her, but the kingdom of God knows her.”Īnd on Friday, those attending the sold-out dinner got a chance to hear even more about Mrs. “So it’s OK to be a silent partner because you still get all those crowns. How many people would not be in the kingdom of God if it wasn’t for her? If it wasn’t for him? She was basically a single parent, but really she was actually parenting the nations because she let her husband go out there and bless all of us. “That means she held down the fort,” Fenty said. ![]() That sentiment stayed with Shion Fenty, who brought her mother Jennifer Haynes-Young to the dinner to celebrate her mother’s 65th birthday. Then Ruth quietly but matter-of-factly said, “However, I’m the one they loved the most.” After Bruce introduced the sisters, Gigi told him she was the child the Grahams loved the longest. The sisters shared their mother’s quick-wit and traded good-natured jabs as they joined emcee David Bruce on stage. She passed away June 14, 2007.īut the mark she left on her children-and arguably the world-remains.ĭuring the evening, Gigi and Ruth both reminded the audience: There wouldn’t have been a Billy Graham without Ruth Graham. Monday marked the anniversary of her homegoing. ![]() June 10 would have been Graham’s 101st birthday. Attendees laughed and occasionally blinked back tears as Gigi and Ruth Graham remembered their mother’s wit, wisdom and fierce commitment to serve Christ. On Friday, two of Graham’s daughters shared stories about their mother’s legacy during a Ruth Bell Graham Celebration Dinner hosted by the Billy Graham Library. Ruth Bell Graham seized an otherwise common calling, as she references in her poem, and walked it out in extraordinary measure. excerpt from Ruth Bell Graham’s poem Common Things During the sold-out event, Ruth Graham (center) and her sister Gigi shared some of their favourite memories of their mother. Shion Fenty (left) and her mother Jennifer Haynes-Young (right) were elated to attend the Ruth Bell Graham Celebration Dinner, hosted by the Billy Graham Library, on Friday.
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