She was overshadowed by her famous husband, but Macel Falwell led a remarkable life of her own.
For 50 years thousands heard Falwell play the piano on The Old Time Gospel Hour and programs that came later. She was there every Sunday as her husband built a global ministry.
On Tuesday her beloved baby grand sat in the lobby of Thomas Road Baptist Church as friends came to pay their final respects. Her children and grandchildren celebrated what they call her "new life" by recalling fond memories of the one she lived on earth.
"She showed me that without love and without God, life is meaningless," said her grandson, Jonathan Falwell Junior.
"Mrs. Falwell had a great love for music and art, she spent many years sharing her talent with the world," said family friend, Duke Westover.
Falwell was remembered for being the exact opposite of her husband, including the way she died.
"He left us all of a sudden," Jeannie Falwell Rivers said of her late father, Jerry Falwell. "Mom quietly slipped away from us a little bit at a time."
In her final years Falwell suffered from Dementia; a fact her son revealed, holding back tears, as he preached her final message.
"As she slowly moved farther and farther away from those that she loved here, I found great joy in knowing that she was moving closer and closer to the ones that she loved there," said Jonathan Falwell.
In a private ceremony after the funeral, Falwell was buried next to her late husband on the Liberty University campus.
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