Family tree of Jerry FALWELL

Industrialist, Businessman , Television & Radio Host - American

American Born Jerry Lamon FALWELL

American evangelical Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative political commentator

Born on August 11, 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA , United States

Died on May 15, 2007 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA

Born on August 11 57

Deceased on May 15 40

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Falwell

Hezekiah Carey

1828 - 1886

Bruce

Emily M.

1839 -

Beasley

James Robert

1827 - 1894

Goin

Judith Ann

1834 - 1899

Falwell

Charles William

1867 - 1939

Bell

Martha Catherine

1875 - 1914

Beasley

King David

1862 -

Richardson

Sally Anne

1861 - 1932

Falwell

Carey Hezekiah

1893 - 1948

Beasley

Helen V.

1895 - 1977

Falwell

Jerry Lamon

1933 - 2007

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Falwell and twin brother Gene were born in the Farview Heights region of Lynchburg, Virginia, the son of Helen and Carey Hezekiah Falwell. His father was an entrepreneur and one-time bootlegger who was agnostic. His grandfather was a staunch atheist. Jerry Falwell married the former Macel Pate on April 12, 1958. The couple had two sons and a daughter (Jerry Falwell, Jr., a lawyer; Jonathan Falwell, a pastor; Jeannie, a surgeon).

He graduated from Brookville High School in Lynchburg, Va., and from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri in 1956. This Bible college was unaccredited until 2001. Falwell was later awarded three honorary doctoral degrees. The honorary doctorates were Doctor of Divinity from Tennessee Temple Theological Seminary, Doctor of Letters from California Graduate School of Theology, and Doctor of Laws from Central University in Seoul, South Korea.

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