Ruth Graham buried at Billy Graham Library in Charlotte
Ruth Graham, 87, was buried Sunday at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte after a private service. Billy Graham attended, kissed a rose on her casket, and spoke of awaiting the next service as he and family remembered her as a spiritual mentor.
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Associated Press
Billy Graham
Ruth Bell Graham
Charlotte
Ruth Graham
Rosa Montgomery
Ned Graham
Franklin Graham
Gigi Graham Foreman
Anne Graham Lotz
Graham
Montreat
Charlotte Observer
Montreal
Prisoner built Graham coffins at Angola prison
Richard Liggett, serving a life sentence for murder, led fellow inmates in crafting birch plywood coffins for Ruth and Billy Graham. Warden Burl Cain noted Liggett’s humility and repentance, and Franklin Graham requested the coffins after seeing them on a prison visit. Liggett died of cancer in March after 31 years.
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Graham
Larry Ross
Ruth Graham
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Franklin
New Orleans
Richard Liggett
Ruth
Burl Cain
Franklin Graham
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Wal-Mart
Cain
Liggett
Death Row
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan
South
North Carolina
Disbarred Nifong Faces Troubled Lacrosse Case Fallout
Durham County disbarred district attorney Mike Nifong faces a grim future as the falsely accused Duke lacrosse players consider civil suits. Attorneys press for criminal contempt over alleged lies to the court while former colleagues note the case as a politically motivated fiasco that ended Nifong’s three-decade career. North Carolina AG Roy Cooper later declared the trio innocent victims of his rush to indict.
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Raleigh
Mike Nifong
Duke Lacrosse
Nifong
Joseph Cheshire
Durham County
Dave Evans
Collin Finnerty
Reade Seligmann
Seligmann
Finnerty
Evans
North Carolina
Roy Cooper
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