Franklin then asked the inmates to build two caskets for his parents and two years later, his mother Ruth Bell Graham died and was buried in one of the caskets handcrafted by the Angola inmates.
13 years later, the whole world was talking once more as the remaining coffin created abuzz as over 2,000 people descended on North Carolina to send off America’s most prolific preacher who passed away at 99.
It added that the convict who made the casket died in 2007 but remarkably stated that Graham deserved a simple casket to capture his simple message that reached millions across the world.
“Billy Graham is a simple man who preached a simple message. He must be buried in a simple casket,” “Grasshopper” was quoted as saying.
President Donald Trump was among the thousands of mourners who attended the funeral of evangelical preacher.
He was buried beside his wife.
