Hugh Waddell is a freelance writer with a twenty-five year career in the music business as a drummer, road manager, producer, music video host, syndicated radio DJ, songwriter, stage manager, and record label publicist. With their families connected for mroe than thirty years, he spent eight years with Johnny Cash as publicist, logistics manager, and personal aide.
Ruth Bell Graham was born in Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China on June 10, 1920 to medical missionaries. When she was 17-years-old, she returned to the United States to attend Wheaton College in Illinois where she met future Evangelist Billy Graham. They married on August 13, 1943. Though married to a famous Baptist minister, she remained a Presbyterian and often taught Sunday school classes. She wrote her first book, Our Christmas Story, in 1959. She went on to author or co-author 13 other books, including Footprints of a Pilgrim and collections of poetry. In 1996, she and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. She helped establish the Ruth and Billy Graham Children's… Health Center Foundation and the Billy Graham Training Center. She died on June 14, 2007 following a long illness.