of her life, she was bedridden and had contracted pneumonia. The day before Ruth Graham's death, Billy Graham released a statement through the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association stating, "Ruth is my soul mate and best friend, and I cannot imagine living a single day without her by my side. I am more and more in love with her today than when we first met over 65 years ago as students at Wheaton College." On Monday, June 11, at Graham's request and subsequent to consultation with her family, she was removed from life support. On June 13, 2007, following her decline into a semi-coma, her husband announced that he and his wife had decided to be buried beside each other at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. She died at 5:05 pm. EDT June 14, 2007, at the couple's home, Little Piney Cove, in Montreat, North Carolina, with her husband and five children at her bedside, four days after her 87th birthday. A private ceremony followed by burial on the grounds of the Billy Graham Library was held on Sunday, June 17, 2007. In a statement released from Wheaton College, Duane Litfin, president of the school, remarked, "Strong, steady, and dauntless, Ruth Bell Graham was the glue that held many of the parts of their lives together." Bibliography Graham was a poet and writer, authoring or co-authoring 14 books, as well as a regular contributor for newspapers and magazines.Our Christmas Story, 1959Family Bible Library, 1971 (Board of Editorial Advisors)Sitting by My Laughing Fire, 1977 (revised 2006)It's My Turn, 1982Legacy of a Pack Rat, 1989Prodigals and Those Who Love Them, 1991Clouds are the Dust of His Feet, 1992One Wintry Night, 1994Collected Poems, 1997Prayers from a Mother's Heart, 1999Footprints of a Pilgrim: The Life and Loves of Ruth Bell Graham, 2001Never Let It End: Poems of a Lifelong Love, 2001 With Gigi Graham: Coffee and Conversation With Ruth Bell Graham and Gigi Graham Tchividjian, 1997Mothers Together, 1998A Quiet Knowing, 2001 Her biography, A Time for Remembering (later reissued as Ruth: A Portrait''), was an early work of novelist Patricia Cornwell. References External links Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Memorial at Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Obituary in The Times 1920 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century Presbyterians 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers 21st-century Presbyterians American expatriates in China American Presbyterians American women non-fiction writers