The Rev. Billy Graham, the internationally revered Christian evangelist who died early Wednesday, is expected to be buried in a coffin built years ago by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. 
 
 After having seen the coffins built by and for inmates on a visit to the state's only maximum-security prison in the early 2000s, Graham's son Franklin Graham requested the same coffins for his parents, former Angola Warden Burl Cain said. 
 
 "It's incredible," Cain said Wednesday. "That's what Billy Graham's going to be buried in, one of those coffins from Angola." 
 
 Cain said the coffins were plain, but that's what drew Franklin Graham to them. The coffins were made of wood and lined with comforters from Walmart, Cain said. 
 
 Billy Graham's wife, Ruth Graham, was buried in a coffin from Angola, said Ken Pastorick, Louisiana Department of Corrections spokesman. 
 
 Cain said the Grahams requested that the names of the inmates who worked on their construction be wood-burned onto the coffins. 
 
 Former offenders Richard "Grasshopper" Liggett, who died in 2007, Clarence Wilkerson, who died earlier this month, and David Bacon, who was released in December 2016 after Gov. John Bel Edwards commuted his sentence, worked on the coffins for the Grahams, Pastorick said. 
 
 Bacon, the only craftsman still alive, could not be reached Wednesay by The Advocate. 
 
 Cain credits much of the transformation of Angola — from one of the deadliest prisons in the late 20th century to a place of spirituality by the early 2000s — to the Graham family, who donated thousands of dollars to build two chapels on the prison's property. He said Graham's children visited the prison multiple times and preached to the inmates. 
 
 "They're really part of the transition that was there," Cain said, noting they spent time with the prisoners. 
 
 "The place was blessed because of them." 

 Rev. Billy Graham will be buried in a casket made by Angola inmates. 
 
 The Rev. Billy Graham, known as "America's Pastor," died Wednesday morning February 21, 2018. He was 99 years old. 
 
 Graham is expected to be laid to rest in a casket made by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. 
 
 According to a report from The Advocate, the renowned Christian evangelist's son, Franklin Graham, requested the handmade coffins for his parents after seeing them during a visit to the Louisiana prison over a decade ago. 
 
 Inmate Richard Liggett, who was serving time for murder, and a team of workers created coffins for inmates who died at Angola. Graham's son, according to former warden Burl Cain, requested that the group also make some for his family. 
 
 Billy Graham's wife, Ruth Graham, was buried in a coffin from Angola after her death in 2007. Liggett died that same year and was buried in one of the coffins he made. The Associated Press reported on this in 2007. 
 
 Graham will be laid to rest in North Carolina at the Billy Graham Museum and Library in Charlotte. 
 
 A motorcade will take place on Saturday, February 24, 2018, in Asheville. Graham will lie in repose from February 26-27 inside the Graham Family Homeplace on the Billy Graham Library grounds. His funeral will be held March 2, 2018, on those same grounds. 

 Billy Graham's casket at the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, NC. (Source: Facebook) 
 
 Inmates at one of the country's most well-known prisons will have a hand in laying Reverend Billy Graham to rest. At his request, Angola inmates built his casket back in 2006. 
 
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 Louisiana State Penitentiary is known as the "Alcatraz of the south." It’s home to the state's most notorious criminals, but is also home to a renowned prison ministry. 
 
 “I feel there is a great outpouring of the holy spirit behind bars at this time,” said Clifford Bowman. 
 
 Bowman is in bible college at Angola. He was selected to be part of a special team on a special mission: to build a casket. It’s a regular casket for a not so regular man: evangelist, Billy Graham. 
 
 “We of course prayed before we started and that's something that does not happen every day when they are doing it in the regular work. Where God is working the devil's gonna’ be there working, so he's gonna’ try and get his licks in, too,” said Bowman. 
 
 “This was a great honor. Because this is a great man of God and he wants him an inmate to build his coffin and get the inmate preachers involved and it's mind-boggling. It sends a great message,” said Burl Cain. 
 
 Richard Liggett constructed the casket for Graham with a couple of modifications from his usual work. 
 
 “I respect the man. I've listened to him. I know what he preaches. You know, but other than that, I just wanted to do the best job I could,” said Liggett. 
 
 Angola first began building their own caskets about 18 years ago. Inmates before then were buried in cardboard boxes, which often fell apart or caved in from the weight of the dirt. 
 
 “It’s so symbolic, even though the prisoners have committed horrible crimes... God loves them, too,” said Cain. 
 
 And so did Reverend Billy Graham. 
 
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– Billy Graham died on Feb. 21, 2018, but his casket has been waiting for him since 2006. WAFB reports that a final resting vessel was commissioned long ago for the renowned evangelist, with a request it be built by the inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, aka Angola. The Advocate notes Graham's son Franklin was the one who originally saw the funerary handiwork of Angola's prisoners (they made coffins for fellow inmates) when he visited the prison in the early 2000s and asked that coffins be made for both of his parents, according to Burl Cain, the former warden at the facility. A Louisiana Department of Corrections spokesperson confirms that Billy Graham's wife, Ruth, was buried in an Angola casket after she died in June 2007. Plain wood coffins with interior liners made out of Walmart comforters may not be what catches the eye of most casket shoppers, but that spartan design is what attracted Franklin Graham to them, Cain notes. He adds the Graham family also asked that all of the inmates who toiled away on the coffins' construction have their names burned into the wood. Cain notes the Graham family made a big impact on the prisoners at his former place of employ, donating funds to build a couple of chapels there and coming to Angola to preach to its residents. "The place was blessed because of them," Cain says. KATC reports Billy Graham will be laid to rest March 2 at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC.