UNITED STATES (ANS) -- Dr. Sherwood Eliot Wirt,97, a former newspaperman who was founding editor of Decision magazine and the author of 42 books including Billy: A Personal Look at Billy Graham, passed away in his sleep Nov.8.
A long-time associate of Billy Graham, "Woody" (as his friends called him) was born in 1911 and served as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force, pastored several churches, and held Ph.D.s in theology and psychology from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland (Class of '51).
Dr. Wirt was originally a newspaper journalist, but eventually became the founding editor of Decision, a monthly magazine which Billy Graham established in the 1960s and which is still in circulation today. In 1978 he founded the San Diego Christian Writers Guild. He also founded and directed the Decision Schools of Christian Writing, responsible for training many hundreds of budding journalists and writers.
Dr. Wirt is known to have ministered and traveled with Dr. Graham for nearly 40 years. As a friend, Dr. Wirt knew Mr. Graham intimately and not just as a public figure.
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