From left, Billy and Ruth Graham, Ben and Charlyne Haden, and Pat Nixon and President Richard Nixon
“His preaching was like arguing a case before a jury.” That’s how the late Chattanooga News Free Press Editor Lee Anderson described his close friend and pastor of many years, Rev. Ben Haden.
“Ben,” as he liked to be called died 10 years ago, Oct. 24, 2013, but the worldwide minister left a definite mark on Chattanooga where he spent half of his life and called the city his home.
“Chattanooga is the best kept secret in America,” said Rev. Haden.
Rev. Haden married art and interior designer Charlyne Edwards of Kingsport, Tn. in 1950 and…
