Grady B. Wilson

American evangelist

Grady Baxter Wilson (1919–1987) was an American evangelist. He was a childhood friend, and later a close associate of Billy Graham, serving as the inaugural vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.[1] Like Graham, Wilson was converted in 1934 under the preaching of Mordecai Ham.[2][3]

In 1978, he suffered a heart attack that led to a quadruple bypass; he died of congestive heart failure on October 30, 1987 in Charlotte, North Carolina.[3][4]

External links

  • Archived Records of Grady B. Wilson, 1950-1987, Wheaton College - Buswell Library
  • Billy Graham Library: Grady and T.W. Wilson Archives

References

  1. ^ "Grady B. Wilson". New York Times. 3 November 1987. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Grady Wilson Dies at 68". Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  3. ^ a b "Grady Wilson, Billy Graham Associate, Dies at 68". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. ^ "Grady Wilson Dies at 68". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.