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Memoriams
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
MRS. ROSE MARIE SMITH 2/22/41 to 5/26/03
We love you and miss you.
Love, CeCe, DeDe, Don, Baby and “Tangy.”
National
Rev. Billy Graham Dies At 99
The world’s best-known evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham, died Wednesday. He was 99. Rev. Graham died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina.
Rev. Graham had re- tired in 2005, after nearly 6 decades of traveling and preaching.
Raised on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rev. Graham was born, William Franklin Gra- ham, Jr., on November 7, 1918. He was the oldest of four children.
He was raised in the Asso-
REV. BILLY GRAHAM Nov. 7, 1918 — Feb. 21, 2018
ciate Reformed Presbyterian Church. In 1934, at 16, Rev.
Graham attended a series of revivals and was converted to Christianity. After graduating from Sharon High School, Rev. Graham enrolled at Bob Jones College, in Cleve- land, Tennessee.
The following year, he transferred to the Florida Bible Institute in Temple Ter- race. Rev. Graham stated in his autobiography that he re- ceived his “calling on the 18th green of the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club.”
He was ordained in 1939 by a group of Southern Bap- tist clergymen at Peniel Bap- tist Church in Palatka, FL.
Rev. Graham graduated from Wheaton College, in Wheaton, Illinois, with a de- gree in Anthology.
Rev. Graham was hired as the first full time Evangel- ist of the new Youth for Christ and traveled throughout the country and Europe.
He became a national fig- ure in 1949, when he used a parking lot in Los Angeles to hold a series of revivals. The revivals were slated to last 3 weeks. However, they ran an additional 5 weeks.
During his tenure as an Evangelist, Rev. Graham was a Spiritual Advisor to American presidents and Spiritual Counselor for every president from President Harry Truman to Presi- dent Barack Obama.
He insisted on racial inte- gration for his revivals and crusades. He invited Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to preach jointly with him at a revival in New York City, in 1957.
According to his staff, more than 3.2 million people have responded to his mes- sage at Billy Graham Cru- sades to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. As a result of his crusades, Rev. Graham preached the gospel to more people in per- son than anyone in history of Christianity.
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
ROSE MARIE SMITH (SPIRES) 2-22-41 To 5-26-03
Happy Birthday! Another year without you, but you are still in our hearts always and forever. We miss you so much, we love you, but God loves you best.
Missing you, Selena, Patricia, Bridgette, Cecelia, Katura, Johnny, James, Eric, Russell, Clyde.
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