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Ruth Coker Burks

October 9, 2015 in Modern Worthies

Ruth Coker Burks

The Cemetery Angel

In 1984, when nurses would draw straws to avoid entering the room of a patient with AIDS, and pharmacies would refuse to keep the pens of someone who worked with people with AIDS, she cared for hundreds of them with compassion and love.

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