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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 onetime 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 ).