Lynchburg Photography LLC Board meetings at Liberty tended to be unusually quick affairs, people who had attended the meetings told POLITICO. However, her date of birth information is unavailable. Ira Schwarz/AP. Gainey and the board member declined to answer questions from POLITICO about the funds. The perks and the ever-grander lifestyle and salaries for family members attracted little pushback on campus because of Falwells tight control of the trustees and the fact that Libertys financial situation continued to improve. It is played by the same character. And on more than one occasion, Falwell shared photos of his familys yacht vacations in exotic destinations like Greece and the Bahamas, one of which the photo that featured Falwell with his arm around his wifes assistant attracted national attention last summer and led to Falwell being placed on leave from Liberty. The elder Falwell, who was born in 1933, diverged from the fire-and-brimstone sermons popular among evangelists, instead bringing a sense of calm and neighborliness to his sermons, which he marketed aggressively. Trey, Sarah, Wes and Laura Falwell did not respond to POLITICOs requests for comment. Caroline Graces daddy became a professional lawyer. Jerry Falwell Sr. and conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly during an I Love America rally organized by Falwell in May 1980, in Springfield, Ill. Description of Style: Bright and Airy Brothers: Jerry Falwell III & Charles Wesley. But the university advertised heavily on Falwells radio and television programs and, within five years, Liberty had enrolled nearly 2,000 students and was beginning to build out a campus. Extra-marital affair and that too at the Falwell house. He earned $205,951 over the first year following his fathers death, but his compensation rose to more than $1 million a year over the next decade. After the truth came out, the whole Falwell empire came crumbling down. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images. Ill stick to a cheaper secular school and have my son get involved with Christian groups on campus. Did He Abuse His Wife? In this May 5, 2019 photo, Rev. But on August 30th, less than a week after his resignation, Becki Falwell called 911 for help, saying her husband had been drinking heavily and had fallen down the stairs, causing a lot of blood right now, according to dispatch logs obtained by HuffPost.