Jean Graham Ford, the last living sibling of Rev. Evangelist Billy Graham, has died, the family announced. She was 91.
Ford is remembered for her strong faith in the Lord and her love for family and community.
“My Aunt Jean loved the Lord Jesus Christ, her family, her church, and the work of God’s people around the world. She, along with her husband Dr. Leighton Ford, was always a great encourager to my father throughout his entire ministry. He sought her counsel on many issues throughout his lifetime,” Evangelist Franklin Graham shared.
Ford had been in declining health since December and died Thursday morning after suffering a stroke, The Charlotte Ledger reports.
She was the youngest of the four Graham children and was 14 years younger than Billy Graham, whom she affectionately called “Billy Frank”.
Ford contracted polio at the age of 11 and it paralyzed her throat, but she did not allow that to hinder her faith in Christ.
“Even at that time in her young life, and faced with the possibility of death as a child, she often said that it would not have bothered her [to die] so much because she knew she was going to heaven. She traced
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