Emma Reid Echols oral history interview, 1996 April 3
Description
In this brief interview, Emma Reid Echols reads excerpts from stories she has written about her experiences with Billy Graham and his family. She recounts a visit in Charlotte with Morrow Graham, Billy Graham's mother, with whom she shared the details of her Christian missionary work in Mexico. Ms. Echols also discusses her experiences in mission work and church building with Aztec Native Americans in the Watseka region in the mid-1970s. She describes the scene at the opening ceremony for a Aztec Christian church, where over 400 local residents crowded in for the occasion. She remembers that the Mexican men, women, and children knew and performed gospel songs in English, which she viewed as a testament to the lasting impact of the Billy Graham Crusade that had occurred in a prior year in Mexico City.
