Saturday, June 16

7:45 a.m. EDT Press Briefing at Morris Funeral Home
Press briefing and cortege departs from Morris Funeral Home,
304 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, N.C

8:15 a.m. EDT Cortege Departs Funeral Home
Route to Anderson Auditorium:
I-240 to Exit 7
U.S. 70 Highway East (past Highway Patrol) to Black Mountain
Through Left on Highway 9 to Assembly Drive
(see map below)

11 a.m. EDT Public Shuttles Begin Running
Shuttle pick-up locations, all in Black Mountain:
the old Food Lion, 408 U.S. 70 Highway;
Ingles Market parking lot at 550 N.C. Highway 9;
BI-LO grocery store at 205 N.C. Highway 9

12 p.m. EDT Live Satellite Uplink Available
Satellite Coordinates:
                    SBS6/K03
                    74 degrees west
Uplink Frequency:
                    14074.000 Vertical
Downlink Frequency:
                    11774.000 Horizontal
Trouble Number (Intel Sat. Crosspole):
                    800-321-3959, option #4

2 p.m. EDT Public Funeral
Anderson Auditorium
Montreat Conference Center
Montreat, N.C.
 

• The Media Center at The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove will be open for media to pick up credentials and catch the media shuttle, departing at 8 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The phone number on-site is (828) 771-4901. Directions and credential requests can be found online at www.arlcnewskitchen.com/ruthgraham.
   
• A temporary press area will be established at Anderson Auditorium, with ample electricity, audio mult-boxes, phone lines and wireless Internet available.
   
• Media will enter the building through the door off the southwest parking lot adjacent to the Kirk Allen building, where they may check in and credential onsite if necessary.
   
• Very limited satellite truck parking will be located in this same lot. No vehicles without parking passes will be allowed past the Montreat gate. Parking passes are available on a first-come basis at the Media Center from 8-10 a.m.
   
• A live feed of the service will be available on-site from BGEA using a video-mult, in addition to the satellite uplink.
   
• Following the service, the cortege will depart for Charlotte, where Mrs. Graham will lie in repose at the Graham homeplace at the recently dedicated Billy Graham Library until the 11 a.m. Sunday private family-only interment.
   
• The Media Center will open at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte late Saturday afternoon following the funeral. Media may continue to do stand-ups at the rock in front of the BGEA, but may not be on the grounds of the Library while Mrs. Graham is present. The Library grounds will re-open to media at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, following the interment.
   
• A photo from the interment will be released to the media after the service.
   
• The public memorial at Chatlos Chapel at the Cove will be closed on Saturday and will re-open on Sunday. The public memorial at the rock in Charlotte will remain open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.